As the Laureate was unable to be present at the Nobel Banquet at Grand Hôtel, Stockholm, December 10, 1928, a letter from the Laureate was read by the French Minister, Mr. Armand Bernard “Altesses Royales, Excellences, Monsieur le président et Messieurs les membres du Conseil de Faculté de l’Institut Carolin de Stockholm, Seul, un engagement…

Nobel Lecture Investigations on Typhus I am going to give you an account of how I arrived at the results for which I have received the Nobel Prize for Medicine. I shall also summarize these results. It did not seem likely that I was destined to undertake research on typhus. I was born, first studied…

Julius Wagner-Jauregg’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1927 (in German) Königliche Hoheiten, meine Damen und Herren! Gestatten Sie, dass ich unter dem Eindrucke des ergreifenden Erlebens dieses einzigartigen Festtages mit einigen Worten mein volles Herz entlaste. Lassen sie mich vor Allem dankbar jenes hochherzigen Mannes gedenken, der die irdischen Güter, welche…

Nobel Lecture, December 13, 1927 The Treatment of Dementia Paralytica by Malaria Inoculation Two paths could lead to a cure for progressive paralysis: the rational and the empirical. The rational path appeared to be practical, as since Esmarch and Jessen, in 1858, attention had been drawn to a connection between progressive paralysis and syphilis. If…

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Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1927 Investigations on Spiroptera Carcinoma and the Experimental Induction of Cancer Pdf 1.17 MB

Johannes Fibiger’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1927 (in Danish) Deres kgl. Højheder! Mine Damer og Herrer. Jeg savner Ord for paa rette Maade at kunne udtrykke den Glæde, Stolthed og Taknemmelighed, der fylder mig, som den maa fylde enhver, der har haft den overordentlige Ære at blive hædret med at…

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1925 The String Galvanometer and the Measurement of the Action Currents of the Heart Pdf 510 kB

Willem Einthoven’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1925 (in German) Es sei auch mir erlaubt, für die Auszeichnung, die mir zuteil geworden ist und auf die ich den grössten Wert lege, meinen Dank auszusprechen. Die Nobelstiftung knüpft die Freundschaftsbande enger, die seit undenklichen Zeiten zwischen Schweden und Holland bestanden haben. 1735,…

Nobel Lecture, September 15, 1925 Diabetes and Insulin Gentlemen. I very deeply appreciate the honour which you have conferred upon me in awarding the Nobel Prize for 1923 to me and Professor J.J.R. Macleod. I am fully aware of the responsibility which rests upon me to deliver an address in which certain aspects of the…