Otto Fritz Meyerhof

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Ministry of education and science of the Russian Federation “Penza State

Ministry of education and science of the Russian Federation “Penza State University”
Medical institute Department

of History
Course work History of Medicine Topic :
Otto Fritz Meyerhof Done by Student: Haidar Safa Group : 19LC4(a) Controlled by: ass. Of History department The course paper defended with Mark: ……………………………... Teachers : …………………… Defense date : ……………….     2020
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Introduction Otto Fritz Meyerhof (April 12, 1884 – October 6, 1951)

Introduction

Otto Fritz Meyerhof 
(April 12, 1884 – October 6, 1951) was

a German physician and biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1922 .
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Biography Otto Fritz Meyerhof was born in Hannover the son of

Biography

Otto Fritz Meyerhof was born in Hannover  the son of wealthy Jewish parents.

In 1888, his family moved to Berlin, where Otto spent most of his childhood, and where he started his study of medicine. He continued these studies in Strasbourg and Heidelberg, from which he graduated in 1909  with a work titled "Contributions to the Psychological Theory of Mental Illness". In Heidelberg, he met Hedwig Schallenberg. They married in 1914 and became parents of a daughter, Bettina, and two sons, Gottfried (who referred, after emigration, to himself as Geoffrey) as well as Walter.
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The German biochemist Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884-1951) shared the Nobel Prize

The German biochemist Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884-1951) shared the Nobel Prize in

Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the fixed relationship between oxygen consumption and the metabolism of lactic acid in muscle and for establishing the cyclic character of energy transformations in the living cell.
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Otto Fritz Meyerhof : 60 years old

Otto Fritz Meyerhof : 60 years old

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In 1912, Otto Meyerhof moved to the University of Kiel, where

In 1912, Otto Meyerhof moved to the University of Kiel, where

he received a professorship in 1918. In 1922, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine, with Archibald Vivian Hill, for his work on muscle metabolism, including glycolysis.[7] In 1929 he became one of the directors of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Medical Research, a position he held until 1938. Escaping the Nazi regime, he emigrated to Paris in 1938.
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He then moved to the United States in 1940, where he

He then moved to the United States in 1940, where

he was appointed a guest professorship at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. In recognition of his contributions to the study of glycolysis, the common series of reactions for the pathway in Eukaryotes is known as the Embden–Meyerhof–Parnas Pathway. In 1944 he suffered a heart attack; in 1951 another one which ended his life.
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Conclusion Otto Fritz Meyerhof won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or

Conclusion

Otto Fritz Meyerhof won the Nobel Prize in Physiology

or Medicine 1922 . Was born in 12 April 1884, Hanover, Germany and died in 6 October 1951, Philadelphia, PA, USA . Affiliation at the time of the award: Kiel University, Kiel, Germany . Prize motivation: "for his discovery of the fixed relationship between the consumption of oxygen and the metabolism of lactic acid in the muscle."