| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
| Year: | 1940 |
| Number: | 17 - 1 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Manfred Sakel |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1900 |
| Year, Death: | 1957 |
| Profession: | Dr |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Motivation: | Introduced the use of insulin in the treatment of schizophrenia. |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Walter B Cannon |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1871 |
| Year, Death: | 1945 |
| Profession: | prof physiology |
| University: | Harvard Medical School |
| City: | Cambridge |
| State: | MA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Comments: | Also nominated, for other discoveries, were H. Berger, H. Goldblatt and B.A. Houssay (see nrs 17-0, 2, & 3 respectively). |