Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1956 The Role of Heart Catheterization and Angiocardiography in the Development of Modern Medicine The ancient world and the Middle Ages had no idea of the existence of the circulation of the blood. It was not until the Late Renaissance that efforts were made to grasp this process anatomically and understand…

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  Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1956 The Contributions of Right Heart Catheterization to Physiology and Medicine, with Some Observations on the Physiopathology of Pulmonary Heart Disease The study of the right heart in man has held a continuing place in the researches of Dr. Cournand and myself over the past twenty-five years, both under physiological…

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1956 Control of the Pulmonary Circulation in Man with Some Remarks on Methodology Pdf 110 kB

André F. Cournand’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1956 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, The two laureates with whom I share the greatest honor in the field of medicine and physiology, have chosen me to express their feelings of gratitude in my own words. But if…

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Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1955 The Nature and Mode of Action of Oxidation Enzymes Pdf 96 kB

Hugo Theorell’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1955 (in Swedish) Eders Majestäter, Kungliga Högheter, Ärade församling! Jag tror ingen här i dag skulle kunna ha en giltigare reell, om än inte formell anledning än jag att tacka Alfred Nobel for maten. I 19 år har han givit mig och min familj…

Thomas H. Weller’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1954 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen: Professor Enders, Professor Robbins and I first would express our deep appreciation and pleasure upon receiving this greatest of honors in the field of Physiology and Medicine. The significance of this award, however, we…