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Herbert S. Gasser M.D.

Herbert S. Gasser M.D.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1944

Co-Nobelist Joseph Erlanger

Physician, Electrophysiologist, Pharmacologist. Discovered differentiated functions of single nerve fibers. Two types of nerve fibers with different thicknesses; thicker fibers convey nerve impulses fast.

Two times for working on a problem – before anyone has thought of it and after everyone else has left it – result: innovator or finalist.

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History of Discovery

Aspects of the History of Instrumentation in the
Neurosciences at Rockefeller University:
Nobelists Herbert Gasser and H. Keffer Hartline

By Darwin H. Stapleton, Ph.D.
Executive Director Emeritus, Rockefeller Archive Center, The Rockefeller University