Bernardo Alberto Houssay
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Science, Medicine, Health
- Subcategories: Biology, Biologists, Doctors, Physicians, Nurses, Epidemics, Diseases
- Curriculum: Latin American History
Article abstract: Houssay was the first South American to receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He was awarded the prize in 1947 for his discovery of the relation between the pancreas and the pituitary gland. This important work paved the way for further studies of diabetes.
Early Life
Born on April 10, 1887, in Buenos Aires, Bernardo Alberto Houssay was the son of Alberto Houssay and Clara Laffont. His parents had emigrated to Argentina from France in 1870, and they were married in 1879. Alberto Houssay was a practicing attorney, who also...
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