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

Year:	1901
Number:	49-0
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:	Albert von Koelliker
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1817
Profession/Category:	prof anatomy
University:	Würzburg
City:	Würzburg
Country:	DE (GERMANY)
Nominee 3:
Name:	Wilhelm His
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	prof anatomy
University:	Leipzig
City:	Leipzig
Country:	DE (GERMANY)
Motivation:	S. Ramon y Cajàl: Work on the fine structure of the spinal column; pioneering work on the structure of the brain in the vision and motor regions. A. von Koelliker: One of the great names in anatomy; his work on the fine structure of the nervous system. W. His: Second choice. Work in embryology, especially on the neuroblast, and the structure of the protoplasm.
Nominator:
Name:	Gustaf Retzius
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	former prof
University:	Karolinska Institutet
City:	Stockholm
Country:	SE (SWEDEN)
Evaluation:	Yes
Evaluator 1:
Name:	Erik Müller
Gender:	M
Type:	Nominee 1: Full
Comment:	Evaluation included C. Golgi, and was corroborated by S. E. Henschen.