Physiology or Medicine

Banquet speech

Hans Krebs’ speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1953 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, When I reflected on what I might say on this great occasion many thoughts and feelings came to my mind, but I do not find it easy to express them adequately. So I must ask…

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Banquet speech

Fritz Lipmann’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1953 Jeg kan ikke modstaa Fristelsen at begynde med at sige nogle Ord paa Dansk; jeg har jo tilbragt syv Aar af mit Liv i Danmark. Men jeg skal nu blive noget hojtidelig og tror nok at det kan jeg gøre bedre paa Amerikansk.…

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Banquet speech

Selman A. Waksman’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1952 Your Majesties, your Excellencies, Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I wish to take this opportunity to express my sincere appreciation to the faculty of the Caroline Institute for having conferred upon me this great honor. In honoring me, you are honoring the…

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Nobel Lecture

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1951 The Development of Vaccines against Yellow Fever The study of yellow fever may be divided into two periods. The first one occurred at the turn of the century when Walter Reed and his co-workers showed by the use of human volunteers that the causative agent of this disease was a…

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