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A “Life Dedicated to True Science”: Eduard Pflüger and the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine

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Files on Pflüger were kindly provided by the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, Medicinska Nobelinstitutet, Nobels Väg 1, Solna, Sweden.

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  1. Department of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, University Medical Center, Humboldtallee 36, 37073, Göttingen, Germany

    Nils Hansson

  2. Department Social Studies of Medicine, McGill University, 3647 Peel Street, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1X1, Canada

    Thomas Schlich

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Hansson, N., Schlich, T. A “Life Dedicated to True Science”: Eduard Pflüger and the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. Pflugers Arch - Eur J Physiol 466, 2021–2024 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00424-014-1564-5

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