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Herbert Spencer Gasser

Herbert Spencer Gasser
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Herbert Spencer Gasser was an American physiologist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1944 for his work with action potentials in nerve fibers while on the faculty of Washington University in St. Louis, awarded jointly with Joseph Erlanger.

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  1. Alexander FriedmannJune 16, 1888 – September 16, 1925
  2. Herbert Spencer Gasser (this page)July 5, 1888 – May 11, 1963
  3. Otto SternFebruary 17, 1888 – August 17, 1969
  4. Paul BernaysOctober 17, 1888 – September 18, 1977
  5. Selman Abraham WaksmanJuly 22, 1888 – August 16, 1973
  6. Viktor GoldschmidtJanuary 27, 1888 – March 20, 1947

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