| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| Year: | 1934 |
| Number: | 37 - 0 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | George R Minot |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1885 |
| Year, Death: | 1950 |
| Profession: | prof medicine |
| University: | Harvard University |
| City: | Cambridge |
| State: | MA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1934 |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | George H Whipple |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1878 |
| Year, Death: | 1976 |
| Profession: | prof pathology |
| University: | University of Rochester |
| City: | Rochester |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1934 |
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| Motivation: | Minot: Work on liver treatment of pernicious anaemia.
Whipple: The discovery that regeneration of red blood cells and the formation of haemoglobin in dogs made anaemic by haemorrhage could be greatly accelerated by providing liver or kidney tissue in the diet. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | J G Fitzgerald |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | prof hygiene |
| University: | University of Toronto |
| City: | Toronto |
| State: | ON |
| Country: | CANADA (CA) |
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