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Nicolae Paulescu

1869 - 1931

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Nicolae Constantin Paulescu (Romanian pronunciation: [nikoˈla.e pa.uˈlesku]; 30 October 1869 (O.S.) – 17 July 1931) was a Romanian physiologist, professor of medicine, and politician, most famous for his work on diabetes, including patenting pancreine (a pancreatic extract containing insulin). The "pancreine" was an extract of bovine pancreas in salted water, after which some impurites were removed with hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide. Paulescu was also, with A. C. Cuza, co-founder of the National Christian Union and later, of the National-Christian Defense League, an early ultranationalist and anti-Semitic Romanian party. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicolae Paulescu has received more than 293,283 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolae Paulescu is the 382nd most popular physician (down from 316th in 2019), the 194th most popular biography from Romania (down from 158th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Romanian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Nicolae Paulescu ranks 382 out of 726. Before him are Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, Prospero Alpini, Andrew Taylor Still, Jim Yong Kim, Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus, and Jean-Nicolas Corvisart. After him are Karl Friedrich Burdach, Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet, Scribonius Largus, Hans Münch, Petrus Camper, and William Bayliss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Nicolae Paulescu ranks 83. Before him are Slobodan Jovanović, Ramón Menéndez Pidal, Arthur Rostron, Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov, Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria, and Prince Johann Georg of Saxony. After him are Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Kiến Phúc, Ludwig von Reuter, Aleš Hrdlička, Jalil Mammadguluzadeh, and Ben Turpin. Among people deceased in 1931, Nicolae Paulescu ranks 68. Before him are Osachi Hamaguchi, Louise, Princess Royal, Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia, Jean-Louis Forain, Hanns Hörbiger, and Henri Mathias Berthelot. After him are Franz Schalk, Lya De Putti, Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, Bix Beiderbecke, Dionysios Kasdaglis, and Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Nicolae Paulescu ranks 194 out of 844. Before him are John Houseman (1902), Reuven Feuerstein (1921), Arthur Arz von Straußenburg (1857), Lucian Mureșan (1931), Elek Schwartz (1908), and Helmuth Duckadam (1959). After him are Nicolae Rădescu (1874), Patriarch Miron of Romania (1868), Benjamin Fondane (1898), Michael von Melas (1729), Endre Kabos (1906), and Constantin Constantinescu-Claps (1884).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Romania

Among physicians born in Romania, Nicolae Paulescu ranks 3. Before him are George Emil Palade (1912), and Fritz Klein (1888). After him are Constantin von Economo (1876).

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