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

Year:	1902
Number:	57-0
Nominee 1:
Name:	Santiago Ramon y Cajàl
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1852
Year, death:	1934
Profession/Category:	prof histology
University:	Madrid
City:	Madrid
Country:	ES (SPAIN)
Received prize:	med 1906 »
Nominee 2:
Name:	Camillo Golgi
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1843
Year, death:	1926
Profession/Category:	prof general pathology and histology
University:	Pavia
City:	Pavia
Country:	IT (ITALY)
Received prize:	med 1906 »
Motivation:	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.
Nominator:
Name:	Gustaf Retzius
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	prof
University:	Karolinska Institutet
City:	Stockholm
Country:	SE (SWEDEN)
Evaluation:	Yes
Evaluator 1:
Name:	Emil Holmgren
Gender:	M
Type:	Nominee 2: Full
Comment:	1. Refers to the ongoing series of publications by S. Ramon y Cajàl, "El sistema nervioso del Hombre y de los vertebrados", as well as "Rivista trimestral micrografica", in five volumes. 2. Evaluation included O. Hertwig.