Corneille Jean François Heymans
Nobel Prize laureate in Medicine 1938
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Corneille Jean François Heymans, born on March 28, 1892, in Ghent, Belgium, was a Belgian physiologist known for his contributions to medicine. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1938 for his discovery of the role played by the sinus and aortic mechanisms in the regulation of respiration. Heymans dedicated his career to studying physiological processes, thereby influencing the understanding of human respiration. He passed away on July 18, 1968.
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- Who is Corneille Jean François Heymans?
- Corneille Jean François Heymans, born on March 28, 1892, in Ghent, Belgium, was a Belgian physiologist known for his contributions to medicine. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1938 for his discovery of the role played by the sinus and aortic mechanisms in the regulation of respiration. Heymans dedicated his career to studying physiological processes, thereby influencing the understanding of human respiration. He passed away on July 18, 1968.
- In what year did Corneille Jean François Heymans win the Nobel Prize?
- 1938 — Medicine