Otto Loewi | The Lillian & Clarence de la Chapelle Medical Archives

Alternative Title

Loewi, Otto

Identifier

nyuhsl/gtht77vp

Collection

Historic Images

Linked Agent

Creator (cre): New York University School of Medicine

Resource Type

Still Image

Genre

Portraits

Description

Portrait of Otto Loewi, MD (1873-1961). Dr. Loewi was the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1936 for his work on acetylcholine. A refugee of the Second World War, he was invited to join the NYU Department of Pharmacology as Research Professor in 1940.

Physical Form

Sepia print

Extent

4 x 5

Subject

Faculty, medical

Physicians

Nobel Prize winners

Geographic Subject

United States of America

New York City

Subjects (name)

Loewi, Otto, 1873-1961

Rights

Reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship, and research uses only, in accordance with the Copyright law (Title 17, United States Code). Reproductions are the sole and exclusive property of the NYU Medical Archives and may not be reproduced in any fashion or used for any purpose other than private scholarship without the express written consent of the NYU Medical Archives.