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

Year Nominator Nominee(s) Motivation  
1901 Coler Finsen
Koch
N. Finsen: Therapeutic use of concentrated light (phototherapy). R. Koch: Work on malaria. Koch´s work will allow for the development of tropical regions. Show »
1901 Gerhardt Engelmann Physiology of the nervous system in relation to the function of the heart. Show »
1901 Hertwig Gegenbauer Work in human anatomy, and publication of textbooks (see comment). Show »
1901 Heubner Camerer Extensive studies of metabolism in children. Show »
1902 Hertwig Haeckel Work on the morphology of organisms, and studies to further the theory of evolution. Classification based on the gastrulation process (see comment). Show »
1902 Pinner Ehrlich Methods for staining blood cells and components, composition of bacterial poisons, studies of the tubercle bacillus (see comment 2) and work in immunology. Show »
1903 Orth Verworn Studies of the physiology of the cell. Show »
1905 Fischer Hitzig Work on the localizations in the brain cortex, through which brain surgery has been made possible and thousands of lives have been saved. Show »
1906 Fritsch Koch Discoveries in research on tuberculosis, cholera, malaria, cattle plague and immunization against it. Show »
1906 Fränkel von Leyden Work on internal medicine, introduction of nutritional therapy, work on the introduction and development of consumption sanatoria, and cancer research. Show »
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