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

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Year	Nominator	Nominee(s)	Motivation
1923	Gunn	Sherrington	Work on reflexes.	Show »
1926	Gunn	Sherrington Magnus	C. Sherrington: Work on segmental innervation, the physiology of reflex action, "decerebrate rigidity" and tonus, and on the function of the cerebral cortex. R. Magnus: Studies of posture and its dependence on the labyrinths and proprioceptive pathways from muscles and joints.	Show »
1930	Rolleston	Sherrington	Work on reflexes.	Show »
1932	Sherrington	Adrian	Work on functional neurology.	Show »
1936	Sherrington	Dale	Work on the pharmacology of the active constituents of ergot, especially its alkaloids, ergotoxin and ergometrine.	Show »
1939	Burn	Mellanby Mellanby	Work on the relation of dietary deficiencies to human diseases. (Sir E. Mellanby: Rickets and the nervous conditions produced by lack of vitamin A. Lady M. Mellanby: Dental structure and dental disease.)	Show »
1939	Florey	Rous	Work on the filterability of the existing agent of certain fowl tumours and the carcinogenic effect of papilloma virus injected in rabbits.	Show »
1939	Gardner	Domagk	Discovery of the antibacterial effects of Prontosil.	Show »
1939	Peters	Houssay	Discovery of the physiological role of the anterior hypophysis in carbohydrate metabolism; work on the relation of the kidney to hypertension.	Show »
1939	Sherrington	Mellanby Mellanby	Work on the relation of dietary deficiencies to human diseases. (Sir E. Mellanby: Rickets and the nervous conditions produced by lack of vitamin A. Lady M. Mellanby: Dental structure and dental disease.)	Show »

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