Joseph Erlanger
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 Erlanger's house in St. Louis
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| Born | 5 January, 1874 San Francisco, California, USA |
| Died | 5 December, 1965 St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Institutions | Washington University in St. Louis |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley Johns Hopkins University |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1944) |
Joseph Erlanger (5 January, 1874- 5 December, 1965) was an American physiologist.[1] He won the 1944 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with Herbert Spencer Gasser, for discovering that different nerve fibres have different functions.[2]
References [change]
- ↑ "Biography of Joseph Erlanger". The Nobel Foundation. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1944/erlanger.html. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1944" (in English). The Nobel Foundation. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1944/index.html. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
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