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Bovet

American  
[boh-vey, -vet] / boʊˈveɪ, -ˈvɛt /

noun

  1. Daniel, 1907–92, Italian pharmacologist, born in Switzerland: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1957.

Bovet British  
/ bovɛ /

noun

  1. Daniel . 1907–92, Italian pharmacologist, born in Switzerland, noted for his pioneering work on antihistamine drugs. Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1957

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Bovet, P. & Benhamou, S. Spatial analysis of animals’ movements using a correlated random walk model.

From Nature • Nov. 28, 2017

The winner: Daniel Bovet, 50, Swiss-born but now a naturalized Italian.

From Time Magazine Archive

This done, Bovet switched to the mechanism by which curare paralyzes the muscles.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1929 the famed Pasteur Institute of Paris offered Biologist Bovet a job.

From Time Magazine Archive

“You’re without doubt one of the best students Bovet has ever had,” he began.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

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