Nobel Prize

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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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…

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…

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Nobel Lecture, September 11, 1916 (pdf) Some New Methods for Functional Testing of the Vestibular Apparatus and the Cerebellum Ladies and Gentlemen! It gives me great pleasure to be giving the Nobel Lecture before you. In it I shall be reporting on the results of my research for which the Royal – permit me here…

Charles Richet’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1913 (in French) Altesses Royales, Mesdames et Messieurs, La première pensée de ceux que vous avez honorés de cette haute récompense (assurément la plus glorieuse qu’un savant puisse recevoir), c’est un sentiment de reconnaissance, si profond, si dominateur, qu’il envahit tout, et ne laisse…

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1913 Anaphylaxis It is not without emotion that I address this assembly on the experiments that have brought me, through the most gracious favour of the , the highest reward that a scientist has the right to hope for. I ask your indulgence in speaking of my own research, as I…

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1912 Suture of Blood-Vessels and Transplantation of Organs The idea of replacing diseased organs by sound ones, of putting back an amputated limb or even of grafting a new limb on to a patient who has undergone an amputation, is far from being original. Many surgeons before me have had this…