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Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965)
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Joseph Erlanger
American physiologist (1874–1965)
Joseph Erlanger was an American physiologist who is best known for his contributions to the field of neuroscience. Together with Herbert Spencer Gasser, he identified several varieties of nerve fiber and established the relationship between action potential velocity and fiber…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
One of five Nobel Prizes established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine. The Nobel Prize is not a single prize, but five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's 1895 will, are…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
January 5
Day of the year
January 5 is the fifth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 360 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)