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

Year:	1901
Number:	72-0
Nominee 1:
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 »
Nominee 2:
Name:	Shibasaburo Kitasako
Gender:	M
City:	Tokyo
Country:	JP (JAPAN)
Motivation:	Discovery of the tetanus antitoxin. Kitasako also discovered the plague bacillus, independently of Yersin.
Nominator:
Name:	A de Bokay
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	prof pharmacology
City:	Budapest
Country:	HU (HUNGARY)
Evaluation:	Yes
Evaluator 1:
Name:	Ernst Almquist
Gender:	M
Type:	Nominee 1: Full
Comment:	A supplement to the evaluation was made by Carl Sundberg. Evaluation included E. Roux.