Herbert Spencer Gasser

Herbert Spencer Gasser, (July 5, 1888 - May 11, 1963) was an American physiologist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1944 for his work with action potentials in nerve fibers. He was born in Platteville, Wisconsin. He received his M.D. from John Hopkins University.

External link

• National Academy of Sciences biography
• Gasser's biography