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Bovet

American

[boh-vey, -vet] / boʊˈveɪ, -ˈvɛt /

noun

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

Bovet British

/ bovɛ /

noun

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

From 1937 to 1941 Bovet did 3,000 experiments, worked out the chemical formulas on which are based most of the infinite variety of antihistamines now widely prescribed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bovet and his colleagues at the Pasteur found that prontosil was "a clumsy, complex chemical," set about breaking it down.

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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