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Dale, Sir Henry Hallett
(Sir Henry Hal|lett Dale)
Pronunciation:
/deɪl/
(
1875–1968
)
, English physiologist and pharmacologist. He investigated the role of histamine in anaphylactic shock and allergy, and the role of acetylcholine as a natural neurotransmitter. Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (1936).
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