Physiology or Medicine

Banquet speech

Hans Spemann’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1935 (in German) Königliche Höhheiten! Meine Damen und Herrn! Wenn ich heute die höchste wissenschaftliche Ehrung, welche die moderne Kulturwelt kennt, dankbar bewegten Herzens aus der Hand von Schwedens König entgegennahm, tat ich es nicht für mich allein. Ich stehe hier für einen Freundeskreis,…

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Nobel Prize lecture

Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1935 The Organizer-Effect in Embryonic Development The experiments which finally led to the discovery of the phenomena which are now designated as “organizer-effect” were prompted by a question which actually goes back to the beginnings of developmental mechanics, indeed to the beginnings of the history of evolution in general. How does…

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Banquet speech

George H. Whipple’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1934 Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen: To this distinguished company I wish to express my most sincere appreciation not only for the Nobel Award but for the generous hospitality and friendly interest shown Mrs. Whipple and myself. For generous words of praise…

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Banquet speech

William P. Murphy’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1934 Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: As Alfred Nobel has been characterised as the typical Swede, so also was he a roamer. Always a courier of good-will his wanderings took him to France, England, Russia, Spain, Denmark, Italy and to…

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