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John Eccles (neurophysiologist)
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Sir John Carew Eccles was an Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synapse. He shared the prize with Andrew Huxley and Alan Lloyd Hodgkin.
Photographed in November 1963. Image courtesy of John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University.
Photographed in November 1963. Image courtesy of John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University.
John Carew Eccles (right) with Czech psychiatrist Cyril Höschl (left) in 1993
John Carew Eccles (right) with Czech psychiatrist Cyril Höschl (left) in 1993
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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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 awarded "to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind". Nobel Prizes are awarded in the fields of Physics, Medicine or Physiology, Chemistry, Literature, Economics and Peace.
Nobel was interested in experimental physiology and set up his own laboratories.
Nobel was interested in experimental physiology and set up his own laboratories.
The reverse side of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
The reverse side of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
Alexander Fleming's 1945 Nobel Prize medal for Physiology and Medicine on display at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.
Alexander Fleming's 1945 Nobel Prize medal for Physiology and Medicine on display at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.
Emil von Behring received the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1901.
Emil von Behring received the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1901.