Missouri Women in the Health Science Professions

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Nobel diploma awarded to Gerty Cori, 1947
From 1929 until 1952 the diplomas for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine were designed by Swedish artist Jerk Werkmäster. The Nobel diploma for Literature is written on parchment; all other Nobel diplomas are produced on specially ordered handmade paper. The Nobel diplomas measure 23 x 35 cms.