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

Year Nominator Nominee(s) Motivation  
1901 Dahlström Bang Work on treating tuberculosis in livestock. Show »
1901 Retzius Ramon y Cajàl
von Koelliker
His
S. Ramon y Cajàl: Work on the fine structure of the spinal column; pioneering work on the structure of the brain in the vision and motor regions. A. von Koelliker: One of the great names in anatomy; his work on the fine structure of the nervous system. W. His: Second choice. Work in embryology, especially on the neuroblast, and the structure of the protoplasm. Show »
1901 Ribbing Manson
Ross
P. Manson: Proposed the idea that the malaria parasite has a life-cycle similar to Filaria. R. Ross: Experimental studies of the mosquito as bearer of malaria (see comment). Show »
1901 Svensson Bang Work on treating tuberculosis in livestock. Show »
1901 Vennerholm Bang Work on treating tuberculosis in livestock. Show »
1902 Holmgren Golgi Ground-breaking discoveries on the central nervous system. His mixed (chrome/silver) method of staining nerve cells and their processes. Show »
1902 Jolin Finsen Therapeutic use of concentrated light (phototherapy). Show »
1902 Retzius Ramon y Cajàl
Golgi
C. Golgi: Work on the fine structure of the nervous system. S. Ramon y Cajàl: Work on the organization of the nervous system in vertebrates and man. See comment. Show »
1902 Ribbing Ross Work on malaria, especially the discovery that the malaria parasite is spread by mosquitos. Show »
1902 Thunberg Overton Work on osmosis in plant and animal cells, and on anesthesia. Show »
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