Moritz Schiff
Deceased Person
1823 – 1896
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Who was Moritz Schiff?
Moritz Schiff was a German physiologist.
While working in Bern, he showed that removing the thyroid gland from dogs was fatal, and later showed that animal thyroid extract could prevent the death. Subsequently he successfully used thyroid extract to treat humans.
He made other major contributions to human physiology, including studies of the circulatory system and the action of the vagus nerve.
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- Born
- Jan 28, 1823
Frankfurt - Nationality
- Germany
- Education
- University of Göttingen
- Died
- Oct 6, 1896
Geneva
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on July 23, 2013
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