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Presentation Speech by Professor the Count K.A.H. Mörner, Rector of the on December 10, 1902 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. Among the stipulations Alfred Nobel set forth in his will, on which the Nobel Foundation is based, that concerning the international character of the prizes occupies an important place. This proves not…

Presentation Speech by Professor the Count K.A.H. Mörner, Rector of the , on December 10, 1905 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. The Staff of the Royal Caroline Institute takes great pleasure in giving this year’s Nobel Prize for Medicine to the man who takes precedence among those now alive as a pioneer…

  Presentation Speech by Professor C. Sundberg, Vice-Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine of the , on December 10, 1913 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. The Nobel Prize for the year 1913 for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded by the Staff of Professors of the Caroline Institute, to…

Presentation Speech by Professor W. Wernstedt, Dean of the , December 10, 1927 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. Few diseases have the power of inspiring fear to the same degree as cancer. However, who would be surprised at that? How many times is this affliction not synonymous with a long, painful and…

Presentation Speech by Professor G. Liljestrand, member of the Staff of Professors of the , on December 10, 1929 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. That the fruits of civilization are not solely beneficial is shown by, inter alia, the history of the art of medicine. Not a few illnesses and diseases follow…

Presentation Speech by Professor E. Hammarsten, member of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine of the , on December 10, 1931 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. The discovery for which the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine is to be awarded today concerns intracellular combustion: that fundamental vital process by which…

Presentation Speech by Professor G. Liljestrand, member of the Staff of Professors of the , on December 10, 1932 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. Within the domain of physiology and medicine probably few spheres will be calculated to attract to themselves attention to the same extent as the nervous system, that distributor…

Presentation Speech by F. Henschen, member of the Staff of Professors of the , on December 10, 1933 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Honourable Audience. As long as human beings have existed they will have observed children’s resemblance to their parents, the resemblance or non-resemblance of brothers and sisters, and the appearance of characteristic qualities…

Presentation Speech by Professor I. Holmgren, member of the Staff of Professors of the , on December 10, 1934 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. The Caroline Institute has awarded this year’s prize for Physiology or Medicine to three American investigators, viz. Professor George Minot, of the Harvard Medical School (Boston), Dr. William…