Title The nobel prize in medicine and the Karolinska Institute : the story of Axel Key and Alfred Nobel / Bengt Ljunggren, George W. Bruyn

Published Basel : Karger, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 232 pages) : illustrations, portraits Summary A Karger 'Publishing Highlights 1890-2015' title <br />This superbly illustrated book gives insights into the political and medical background of the history of the mid to late 19th century scientific efforts in Europe. The biographies of Axel Key and Alfred Nobel among others are artfully intertwined within this history. Focusing on the struggle for recognition by Axel Key for the Karolinska Institute, the book also describes the intimate relationships of academia in promoting their dreams to fruition. Axel Key, a professor of pathology at the Karolinska Institute and the main player in this book, takes us on an exciting, informative historical romp through Europe, describing in detail his meetings with the most eminent scientists of the era whose names have become household in every facet of medicine today - one of the most prominent of which was Alfred Nobel. After Nobel's death, Axel Key played a decisive role in the final implementation of his will and the association of the Karolinska Institute with the Nobel Prize in Medicine. The text is laced with literally hundreds of tiny, albeit very interesting details of considerable significance. The appendix must be given special attention as it provides biographies of all the numerous scientists who are mentioned in the book - fascinating data hard to find in current reference books. This book is a must not only for neuroscientists and historians but also for physicians all around the world who are interested in the history of medicine, the Karolinska Institute, and the two Swedish contemporaries Axel Key and Alfred Nobel. It provides enjoyable and informative reading, and, with a large number of portraits, it puts faces to the nerves, cells, microbes and diseases that have been named after their famous discoverers Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Key, Axel, 1832-1901. Nobel, Alfred Bernhard, 1833-1896. SUBJECT Key, Axel, 1832-1901 Nobel, Alfred Bernhard, 1833-1896 Key, Axel, 1832-1901 fast Nobel, Alfred Bernhard, 1833-1896 fast Subject Karolinska institutet. SUBJECT Karolinska institutet Karolinska institutet fast Subject Medicine -- Europe -- History -- 19th century Pathologists -- Europe -- Biography Scientists -- Europe -- Biography Nobel Prizes. Academies and Institutes -- history History, 19th Century Nobel Prize Pathology Nobel Prizes Medicine Pathologists Scientists Nobelprijzen. Geneeskunde. SUBJECT Europe. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045631 Europe Subject Europe Genre/Form collective biographies. Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book Author S. Karger (Firm) ISBN 9783318007664 3318007668

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