| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
| Year: | 1928 |
| Number: | 8 - 0 |
| Motivation: | Carlos Chagas, director, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Rio de Janeiro, BR, was nominated for work on numerous infectious diseases; methods of disinfection. See comment. Nominator was G. Fernández Dávila, Lima, PE. Nomination was declared invalid by the Nobel Committee. |
| Comments: | "Carlos Chagas ... en vista de sus múltiples descubrimientos y trabajos higiénicos, sobre todo sus estudios sobre la desinfección terminal. |
