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

Year: 1938
Number: 69-1
   
Nominee 1:  
Alexander Gurwitsch
M
prof histology
Leningrad (now St Petersburg)
Leningrad (now St Petersburg)
SU (U.S.S.R.)
   
Nominee 2:  
Bun-ichi Hasama
M
prof pharmacology
Keijo (Seoul)
Keijo (Seoul)
KR (KOREA, REPUBLIC OF)
   
Nominee 3:  
Erich von Holst
M
prof pharmacology
Ghent
Ghent
BE (BELGIUM)
   
Motivation: Gurwitsch: Work on mitogenetic radiation.
Hasama: Work on changes in the electropotential of active endocrine glands.
von Holst: Work on coordination and plasticity within the central nervous system.
   
Nominator:
 
Albrecht Bethe
M
prof physiology
Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt am Main
DE (GERMANY)
   
Evaluation: Yes
   
Evaluator 1:  
G Liljestrand
M
Nominee 2: Prel
   
Evaluator 2:  
G Liljestrand
M
Nominee 3: Prel
   
Comment: Keijo University probably refers to a university in Seoul, South Korea, possibly Seoul National University. South Korea, KR, was a colony of Japan in 1938 (Keijo is the Japanese name for Seoul, KR).
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