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| | TIME.com: Nobel Prizes -- Nov. 9, 1936 -- Page 1 |
 | | Loewi discovered, Dr. Dale proved, that nervous impulses are the result of chemical action, not of electrical action as had formerly been supposed. |
 | | This inconstancy gave Sir Henry Dale, a big, diligent Englishman, opportunity to pioneer on his own with many a discovery in the chemistry of nerves. |
 | | Nonetheless, acetylcholine, typical object of what Nobel Prizewinners Dale and Loewi call autopharmacology, is being used by enterprising doctors to treat arterial hypertension, inflamed arteries, gangrene of feet and hands, profuse sweating in tuberculosis, flaccidity of the bladder and intestines, bed sores. |
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