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His book The Integrative Action of the Nervous System (1906) is a synthesis of this work, in recognition of which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1932 (along with Edgar Adrian).","summary_more":["In addition to his work in physiology, Sherrington did research in histology, bacteriology, and pathology. 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