| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| Year: | 1939 |
| Number: | 3 - 1 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | Walter R Hess |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1881 |
| Year, Death: | 1973 |
| Profession: | prof physiology |
| University: | University of Zurich |
| City: | Zurich |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1949 |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Corneille J Heymans |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1892 |
| Year, Death: | 1968 |
| Profession: | prof pharmacology |
| University: | Ghent University |
| City: | Ghent |
| Country: | BELGIUM (BE) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1938 |
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Nominee 3:
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| Name: | Louis E Lapicque |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1866 |
| Year, Death: | 1952 |
| Profession: | prof physiology |
| University: | Sorbonne |
| City: | Paris |
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
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| Motivation: | Hess: Work on the physiology of the brain stem, the regulation of sleep, respiration and circulation.
Heymans: Work on the regulation of respiration and circulation.
Lapicque: Work on chronaxy. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Alexandre Besredka |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1870 |
| Year, Death: | 1940 |
| Profession: | prof hygiene, bacteriology and parasitology |
| University: | Ghent University |
| City: | Ghent |
| Country: | BELGIUM (BE) |
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