Born 5 Jul 1888; died 11 May 1963 at age 74.

#American #physiologist who shared (with Joseph Erlanger) of the #NobelPrize for Physiology or #Medicine in 1944 for fundamental discoveries concerning the functions of different kinds of nerve fibres.

They studied the barely detectable electrical #impulses carried by isolated mammalian #nervefibres.

By 1924, they had succeeded in adapting the #oscillograph to physiological research, enabling them to visualize amplified nerve impulses on a fluorescent screen.

Using this device, they demonstrated that different nerve fibres exist for the #transmission of specific kinds of impulses, such as those of pain, cold, or heat. Their work also made it possible to construct improved recording machines to diagnose brain and nervous disorders.

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