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Paul Hermann Müller, also known as Pauly Mueller [citation needed] (12 January 1899 – 13 October 1965), was a Swiss chemist who received the 1948 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine for his 1939 discovery of insecticidal qualities and use of DDT in the control of vector diseases such as malaria and yellow fever.
Mar 28, 2024 · Paul Hermann Müller (born Jan. 12, 1899, Olten, Switz.—died Oct. 12, 1965, Basel) was a Swiss chemist who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1948 for discovering the potent toxic effects on insects of DDT. With its chemical derivatives, DDT became the most widely used insecticide for more than 20 years and was a major ...
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In 1948, Müller received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The fact Müller was accorded this award even though he was not a physiologist or a medical researcher highlights the immense impact that DDT had in the fight against disease.
Paul Hermann Muller was a Swiss Chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of a form of DDT which could kill insects when they came into contact with it. Though DDT had been available since 1873 it had to be ingested by the insects to be effective like all other insecticides till that time.
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Paul Hermann Muller (January 12, 1899 - October 12, 1965), a Swiss Scientist, was awarded the 1948 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for recognizing DDT as useful in the control of certain vector born diseases including malaria and yellow fever.
1948 Nobel Laureate in Medicine. for his discovery of the high efficiency of DDT as a contact poison against several arth ropods.
Submitted 4 nominations, for the Nobel Prize in. Physiology or Medicine 1950, nominee: Camille Guérin; Physiology or Medicine 1952, nominee: René Leriche; Physiology or Medicine 1952, nominee: Arthur Stoll; Physiology or Medicine 1953, nominee: Arthur Stoll; Explore a visualization of the nominations
