Physiology or Medicine
Otto Meyerhof – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Otto Meyerhof’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1923 (in German) Auf die Worte, die Herr Professor Lönnberg an uns Preisträger gerichtet hat, hat Herr Blix schon mit einer so schönen Rede geantwortet, dass mir nur übrig bleibt, dieser meinen eigenen Dank hinzuzufügen. Die gastfreie und hochherzige Gesinnung Schwedens haben meine Frau…
moreArchibald V. Hill – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1923 The Mechanism of Muscular Contraction In investigating the mechanism involved in the activity of striated muscle two points must be borne in mind, firstly, that the mechanism, whatever it be, exists separately inside each individual fibre, and secondly, that this fibre is in principle an isothermal machine, i.e. working practically…
moreOtto Meyerhof – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture
August Krogh – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1920 A Contribution to the Physiology of the Capillaries At the beginning of the 17th century, Harvey succeeded in demonstrating that the blood within an organism was in constant circulation, passing out from the heart, through the arteries, to all the various organs, and returning through the veins. About 50 years…
moreAugust Krogh – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
August Krogh’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1920 (in Danish) Naar jeg rejser mig i denne sal for at bringe min varmt fölte tak for den overordentlige udmærkelse, som er blevet mit videnskabelige arbejde til del gennem tilkendelsen af Nobelprisen, saa er det med en fölelse af ansvar, fordi det paahviler…
moreRobert Bárány – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture, September 11, 1916 (pdf) Some New Methods for Functional Testing of the Vestibular Apparatus and the Cerebellum Ladies and Gentlemen! It gives me great pleasure to be giving the Nobel Lecture before you. In it I shall be reporting on the results of my research for which the Royal – permit me here…
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