Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1949 The Central Control of the Activity of Internal Organs A recognized fact which goes back to the earliest times is that every living organism is not the sum of a multitude of unitary processes, but is, by virtue of interrelationships and of higher and lower levels of control, an unbroken…

As the Laureate was unable to be present at the Nobel Banquet at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, December 10, 1949, the speech was held by Mr. Patricio, chargé d’affaires of the Legation of Portugal (in French) Altesses Royales, Excellences, Mesdames, Messieurs, J’ai l’honneur d’adresser au Collège des Professeurs de l’Institut Carolin les remerciements les…

No Lecture was delivered by Professor E. Moniz.

Paul Müller’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1948 (in German) Königliche Hoheit, Meine Damen und Herren, Es ist mir ein Bedürfnis, Ihrem Lande und Ihnen im Namen meines Heimatlandes, der Schweiz, der Stadt Basel, wo ich aufgewachsen und jetzt tätig bin, meiner Firma, der J. R. Geigy A. G., Basel, meiner…

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1948 Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane and Newer Insecticides Pdf 110 kB

Bernardo Houssay’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1947 (in Spanish) Altezas Reales; Excelencias; Señoras y Señores: Mi más rendida gratitud porque Suecia honra hoy generosamente en mi persona a los que en la lejana América Latina están consagrados con fiel y abnegada devoción al cultivo de la investigación científica. Aunque alejados…

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1947 Polysaccharide Phosphorylase Pdf 241 kB

Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1947 The Role of the Hypophysis in Carbohydrate Metabolism and in Diabetes The nutritive substances used in greatest quantities by mammals are carbohydrates. – These are ingested with the food or produced by the liver, and after being converted into glucose they are utilized by all the cells of the organism,…

Carl Cori’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1947 Your Royal Highnesses, your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. May I express my deep gratitude for the signal honor conferred upon me by the award of the Nobel Prize. To have thus been singled out among so many worthy scientists must evoke a feeling…

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