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The Nomination Database for the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1901-1953

Year Nominator Nominee(s) Motivation  
1917 Evans Mayo Surgical and organizational work. Show »
1921 Evans Mayo All the surgical, scientific and practical work done. Show »
1921 Mix Mayo Work on surgery of the stomach. Show »
1925 Lusk Kendall The isolation and chemical identification of thyroxin, the essential constituent of the thyroid gland. Show »
1928 Sjöqvist Barger
Harington
Kendall
E. Kendall: The isolation and chemical identification of thyroxin, the essential constituent of the thyroid gland. G. Barger and C. Harington: large-scale synthetic production of thyroxine; also modified Kendall´s original chemical description of thyroxine. Show »
1929 Becker Minot
Murphy
Whipple
G. Minot and W. Murphy: Work on the treatment of pernicious anemia by means of a diet rich in liver. G. Whipple: Discovered increased regeneration of blood in anemic animals when they were fed liver. Show »
1929 Chalatov Whipple Discovered increased regeneration of blood in anemic animals when they were fed liver. Show »
1930 Denig Minot
Whipple
The application of liver and liver extract in the treatment of pernicious anaemia. Show »
1930 Judd Mann The discovery that a high percentage of the bile pigments excreted by the liver are extrahepatic in origin, and also the site of its formation. Show »
1930 Mann Kendall The isolation of thyroxine and work on the chemistry of the thyroid gland. Show »
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