The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet for outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine. The medal of the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute represents the Genius of Medicine holding an open book in her lap, collecting the water pouring out from a rock in order to quench a sick girl’s thirst. The inscription reads: Inventas vitam iuvat excoluisse per artes The words on the medal mean literally: It is beneficial to have improved (human) life through discovered arts. These words are adapted from Vergil’s Aeneid, book 6, line 663, inventas aut qui vitam excoluere per artes The name of the laureate is engraved on the plate below the figures, and the text “REG. UNIVERSITAS MED. CHIR. CAROL.” stands for the Karolinska Institute. The Nobel Medal for Physiology or Medicine was designed by Erik Lindberg. Since 2012 the Nobel Medals has been manufactured by Svenska Medalj in Eskilstuna.
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