Nobel Lecture, May 26, 1925 The Physiology of Insulin and Its Source in the Animal Body The knowledge that the isles of Langerhans of the pancreas have the function of secreting into the blood a hormone which plays an essential role in the regulation of the metabolism of the carbohydrates, is the outcome of numerous…

Archibald V. Hill’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1923 The pursuit of natural knowledge, the investigation of the world – mental and material – in which we live, is not a dull and spiritless affair: rather is it a voyage of adventure of the human mind, a holiday for reckless and…

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…

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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…

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Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1923 Energy Conversions in Muscle Pdf 52 kB

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…

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…