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

Year:	1940
Number:	20-0
Nominee 1:
Name:	Bernardo A Houssay
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1887
Year, death:	1971
Profession/Category:	prof physiology
University:	Buenos Aires
City:	Buenos Aires
Country:	AR (ARGENTINA)
Received prize:	med 1947 »
Nominee 2:
Name:	Angel H Roffo
Profession/Category:	prof, head
University:	Institute for Biology and Experimental Medicine
City:	Buenos Aires
Country:	AR (ARGENTINA)
Motivation:	B. Houssay: Influence of glands of internal secretion on control of carbohydrate storage and utilization; especially the physiological importance of the pituitary gland for carbohydrate metabolism. A. Roffo: clinical and experimental studies on cancer.
Nominator:
Name:	Eduardo Bello
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	prof medicine
University:	Lima
City:	Lima
Country:	PE (PERU)
Evaluation:	Yes
Evaluator 1:
Name:	Folke Henschen
Gender:	M
Type:	Nominee 2: Prel