Joseph Erlanger

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1944
Nobel co-recipient Herbert S. Gasser

Physician, Physiologist. Single nerve fibers highly differentiated functions. Cathode-ray oscillograph study of nerve action potentials. Circulatory system electrophysiology. Recording sphygmomanometer. Auriculo-ventricular bundle functions. Pulse pressure influence on kidney secretion, orthostatic albuminuria. Sound production in arteries. Metabolism with shortened intestines. Traumatic shock.

Career "fraught with series of fortunate circumstances, fortunate decisions."

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Joseph Erlanger and other Americans receives Nobel Prize In New York City - First Nobel presentation ever held outside Stockholm [due to safety concerns, World War II]. 1:22

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Name: Joseph Erlanger
Birth: 5 January 1874, San Francisco, CA, USA
Death: 5 December 1965, St. Louis, MO, USA
Institution: Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
Award: "for their discoveries relating to the highly differentiated functions of single nerve fibres"
Subject: neurophysiology
Portion of cash: 1/2
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