Physiology or Medicine
Thomas H. Morgan – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture
Thomas H. Morgan – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Telegram from Thomas Hunt Morgan, read by Mr. Steinhardt, Minister of the United States, at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1933 It is with great regret that I am unable to be present at the award of the Nobel prizes. Circumstances here in connection with the establishment of a new group in physiology…
moreEdgar Adrian – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Edgar Adrian’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1932 Your Royal Highness, your Excellencies, my Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen In my College at Cambridge – Trinity College – all of us know of Stockholm as the beautiful capital of a country which has a great history and is now in the forefront…
moreEdgar Adrian – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1932 The Activity of the Nerve Fibres The sense organs respond to certain changes in their environment by sending messages or signals to the central nervous system. The signals travel rapidly over the long threads of protoplasm which form the sensory nerve fibres, and fresh signals are sent out by the…
moreOtto Warburg – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture
Otto Warburg – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Otto Warburg’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1931 (in German) Königliche Hoheiten, meine Damen und Herren! Einar Hammarsten hat vor wenigen Stunden auseinandergesetzt, was die Atmung der lebendigen Substanz ist und worauf sie chemisch beruht. Spuren einer Schwermetallverbindung übertragen in lebenden Zellen den Sauerstoff und machen damit die Kräfte für das…
moreKarl Landsteiner – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture