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Edward C. Kendall’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1950 Your Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: I wish to express my appreciation to the faculty of the Caroline Institute for the invitation to be with you tonight, not as a guest, but in the role of one of the participants. The…

Philip S. Hench’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1950 Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: The generous manner in which the Nobel Foundation, the Karolinska Institutet and you have expressed approval of the efforts of Dr. Reichstein, Dr. Kendall, our associates and myself elicits an emotional response which perhaps I am physician enough…

Tadeus Reichstein’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1950 (in German) Hochansehnliche Versammlung, Wir sind hier alle mit Ehrungen und Freundschaftszeichen derart überschüttet worden, dass es fast unmöglich ist, den aufsteigenden Gefühlen passenden Ausdruck zu geben. Der Wissenschaftler liebt es im allgemeinen zwar mehr, im Stillen arbeiten zu können und scheut das…

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Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1950 Chemistry of the Adrenal Cortex Hormones Pdf 386 kB

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1950 The Development of Cortisone As a Therapeutic Agent Pdf 212 kB

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1950 The Reversibility of Certain Rheumatic and Non-Rheumatic Conditions by the Use of Cortisone Or of the Pituitary Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Pdf 120 kB