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

Year: 1903
Number: 1-0
   
Nominee:  
Niels R Finsen
M
1860
1904
prof
Finsen Medical Light Institute
Copenhagen
DK (DENMARK)
med 1903 »
   
Motivation: Therapeutic use of concentrated light (phototherapy).
   
Nominator:
 
I Bjerrum
M
prof ophthalmology
Copenhagen
Copenhagen
DK (DENMARK)
   
Evaluation: Yes
   
Evaluator 1:  
Oskar Medin
M
Nominee 1: Full
   
Comment: This nomination was sent in 1902. An identical letter (references to a few new publications were added) was sent in 1903 (see entry 1903:74).
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