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

Year:	1948
Number:	11-0
Nominee:
Name:	Michael J Heidelberger
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	prof biochemistry
University:	Columbia, College of Physicians and Surgeons
City:	New York
Country:	US (UNITED STATES)
Motivation:	Methods for measuring antigens, antibody and complement. Specifically, studies on the purification of Pneumococcus polysaccharides, leading to routines for immunization against pneumococcal pneumonia.
Nominator:
Name:	Robert F Loeb
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	prof medicine
University:	Columbia
City:	New York
Country:	US (UNITED STATES)
State:	NY
Evaluation:	No