| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
| Year: | 1939 |
| Number: | 6 - 0 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Edward Mellanby |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1884 |
| Year, Death: | 1955 |
| Profession: | prof, secretary |
| University: | Medical Research Council |
| City: | London |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
| Motivation: | Work on dietary deficiencies, rickets and the nervous conditions produced by lack of vitamin A. |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Lyle S Cummins |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | prof |
| University: | Cardiff University |
| City: | Cardiff |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |