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

Year:	1906
Number:	26-99
Nominee 1:
Name:	Charles J Finlay
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	dr
City:	Havana
Country:	CU (CUBA)
Nominee 2:
Name:	Henry R Carter
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	surgeon
University:	United States Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service
Country:	US (UNITED STATES)
Motivation:	Finlay: The discovery of the mode of propagation of yellow fever, as well as the means of eradicating and preventing epidemics of the disease. Carter: Further work on yellow fever, especially the discovery that a considerable interval must elapse between the first case of yellow fever and the subsequent outbreak or epidemic of the disease.
Nominator:
Name:	John W Ross
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	medical director
University:	United States Navy
City:	Clarksville
Country:	US (UNITED STATES)
State:	TN
Evaluation:	Yes
Evaluator 1:
Name:	Carl Sundberg
Gender:	M
Type:	Nominee 1: Full Nominee 2: Full
Comment:	J.W. Ross originally nominated C. Finlay as sole candidate for the Prize (entry 26-0), but then realized he could nominate several candidates to share the Prize, and therefore sent a new nomination, where he proposed the Prize be shared by C. Finlay and H. Carter (entry 26-99, originally 26-b).