1924

Biographical

Willem Einthoven was born on May 21, 1860, in Semarang on the island of Java, in the former Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). His father was Jacob Einthoven, born and educated in Groningen, The Netherlands, an army medical officer in the Indies, who later became parish doctor in Semarang. His mother was Louise M.M.C. de…

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Bibliography

Works in Polish Komediantka. – Warsaw : Gebethner & Wolff, 1896 Fermenty. – Warsaw : Gebethner & Wolff, 1897 Spotkanie : szkice i obrazki. – Warsaw : Gebethner & Wolff, 1897 Lili : żałosna idylla. – Warsaw : Gebethner & Wolff, 1899 Ziemia obiecana. – Warsaw : Gebethner & Wolff, 1899. – 2 vol. Sprawiedliwie.…

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Award ceremony speech

In regard to Einthoven’s work, Professor J.E. Johansson, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine of the , made the following statement The Staff of Professors of the Royal Caroline Institute has on 23rd October, 1924, decided to confer this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to the Professor of Physiology at…

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