Walter Rudolf Hess Quotes


The only positive finding which could be drawn from the first series, was the conclusion that the relationships obviously had a more complicated lay-out than had been thought, for the effects were so varied that no obedience to any law could be discovered.


Citations

Hess, Walter Rudolf. "The Central Control of the Activity of Internal Organs." Nobel Lectures, Physiology or Medicine 1942-1962, Elsevier Publishing Company, 1964, pp. 247-255.

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Walter Rudolf Hess
Walter Rudolf Hess
  • Born: March 17, 1881
  • Died: August 12, 1973
  • Nationality: Swiss
  • Profession: Scientist

Walter Rudolf Hess was a Swiss physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949 for mapping the areas of the brain involved in the control of internal organs. He shared the prize with Egas Moniz.