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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 in Romania. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicolae Paulescu has received more than 275,868 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Nicolae Paulescu is the 316th most popular physician (up from 336th in 2019), the 158th most popular biography from Romania (up from 170th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Romanian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Nicolae Paulescu ranks 316 out of 502Before him are Antoine Louis, Johann Conrad Dippel, Mondino de Luzzi, Thomas Szasz, Ernest Duchesne, and William Bates. After him are Horace Wells, Titus Brandsma, Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus, Max Heindel, Irmfried Eberl, and Daniel Carleton Gajdusek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Nicolae Paulescu ranks 73Before him are Otto Nordenskjöld, Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, Harvey Cushing, Richard Abegg, Prince Baudouin of Belgium, and Michael von Faulhaber. After him are Jalil Mammadguluzadeh, Arthur Rostron, Paul Émile Chabas, Konstantin Somov, Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau, and Chittaranjan Das. Among people deceased in 1931, Nicolae Paulescu ranks 59Before him are Alexandre Darracq, Nellie Melba, Salvatore Maranzano, Louise, Princess Royal, William Bates, and Lujo Brentano. After him are Samad bey Mehmandarov, Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia, Felix Blumenfeld, Gustaf Kossinna, Osachi Hamaguchi, and Xu Zhimo.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Nicolae Paulescu ranks 158 out of 665Before him are Victor Stănculescu (1928), Richard Wurmbrand (1909), Marthe Bibesco (1886), Angelica Rozeanu (1921), Manea Mănescu (1916), and Constantin Ion Parhon (1874). After him are Ulpia Severina (300), Vazgen I (1908), Arthur Arz von Straußenburg (1857), Mihail Sadoveanu (1880), Dan Petrescu (1967), and Julius Popper (1857).

Among PHYSICIANS In Romania

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