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Jan 28, 1823 Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany Died on 06 Oct 1896 (aged 73)
German biologist
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About Moritz Schiff
- Moritz Schiff (28 January 1823, Frankfurt am Main – 6 October 1896, Geneva) was a German physiologist. While working in Bern, he showed that removing the thyroid gland from dogs was fatal, and later showed that animal thyroid extract could prevent the death.
- Subsequently he successfully used thyroid extract to treat humans. He made other major contributions to human physiology, including studies of the circulatory system and the action of the vagus nerve.
