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

Year:	1901
Number:	43-0
Nominee:
Name:	Emil A von Behring
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1854
Year, death:	1917
Profession/Category:	prof hygiene
University:	Marburg
City:	Marburg
Country:	DE (GERMANY)
Received prize:	med 1901 »
Motivation:	Discovery of serum therapy against diphtheria.
Nominator:
Name:	T Zaayer , et al
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	prof anatomy
University:	Leiden
City:	Leiden
Country:	NL (NETHERLANDS)
Evaluation:	Yes
Evaluator 1:
Name:	Ernst Almquist
Gender:	M
Type:	Nominee 1: Full
Comment:	1. Nomination was made jointly in the same letter by the following members of the Faculty of Medicine, Leyden University, NL: T. Zaayer, prof anatomy; Siegmund Rosenstein, prof clinical medicine; M:c Gillany, prof general pathology and hygiene; J.E. van Iterson, prof surgery; W. Einthoven, prof physiology (NP med 1924); W. Nolen, prof clinical medicine and pharmacology; W. Koster Gzn., prof ophthalmology and otology J. Weit, prof obstetrics and gynecology; and G. Jelgersma, prof psychiatry. See entry 43-1. 2. A supplement to the evaluation was made by Carl Sundberg. Evaluation included E. Roux.