Physiology or Medicine
John R. Vane – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
John R. Vane’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1982 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is sometimes said that the major discoveries have already been made and that there is nothing important left to find. This attitude is altogether too pessimistic. There are plenty of ideas and plenty of things…
moreMarshall W. Nirenberg – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Marshall W. Nirenberg’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1968 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am deeply honored to be here tonight and would like to express my gratitude for the distinction you have conferred upon me. I am particularly happy to be here with Robert…
moreMarshall W. Nirenberg – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture
Otto Loewi – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Otto Loewi’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1936 (in German) Königliche Hoheiten, Excellenzen, meine Damen und Herren! Grosse Menschen stehen nicht nur im Leben, sondern auch über dem Leben, übersehen von da die Zusammenhänge und erkennen, was der Menschheit eignet und was ihr noctut. Ein solcher Mensch war Alfred Nobel und…
moreOtto Loewi – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1936 The Chemical Transmission of Nerve Action Natural or artificial stimulation of nerves gives rise to a process of progressive excitation in them, leading to a response in the effector organ of the nerves concerned. Up until the year 1921 it was not known how the stimulation of a nerve influenced…
moreSir Henry Dale – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Sir Henry Dale’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1936 The whole world admires the fidelity and the wide international vision with which his countrymen have fulfilled the great Trust committed to them by Alfred Nobel, a loyal son of this country and a citizen of the whole world. Among those in…
moreSir Henry Dale – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1936 Some Recent Extensions of the Chemical Transmission of the Effects of Nerve Impulses The transmission of the effects of nerve impulses, by the release of chemical agents, first became an experimental reality in 1921. In that year Otto Loewi published the first of the series , , , , ,…
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