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Joseph Erlanger

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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Honoring Joseph Erlanger

On January 22, 2009, the International Astronomical Union named a crater on the moon after him

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Joseph Erlanger House, St. Louis, Missouri. Designated a National Historic Landmark as a building of national significance. Photographer unknown. Source: US National Park Service/Wikimedia Commons.