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Born March 23, 1907 • Neuchâtel • Switzerland
Died April 8, 1992 (aged 85) • Rome • Italy
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1957)
Subjects Of Study antihistamine • curare • histamine • muscle relaxant • pyrilamine • sulfa drug

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