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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1903

"in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation, whereby he has opened a new avenue for medical science"
Niels Ryberg Finsen
Niels Ryberg Finsen
Denmark
Finsen Medical Light Institute
Copenhagen, Denmark
b. 1860
(in Thorshavn, Faroe Islands)
d. 1904
 
 
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