Physiology or Medicine
Otto Warburg – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Otto Warburg – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Otto Warburg’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1931 (in German) Königliche Hoheiten, meine Damen und Herren! Einar Hammarsten hat vor wenigen Stunden auseinandergesetzt, was die Atmung der lebendigen Substanz ist und worauf sie chemisch beruht. Spuren einer Schwermetallverbindung übertragen in lebenden Zellen den Sauerstoff und machen damit die Kräfte für das…
moreKarl Landsteiner – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Charles Nicolle – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
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…
moreCharles Nicolle – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
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…
moreJulius Wagner-Jauregg – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
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…
moreJulius Wagner-Jauregg – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
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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