| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
| Year: | 1940 |
| Number: | 19 - 0 |
| Nominee: |
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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) |
| Motivation: | Work on the motility of the intestinal tract, adrenal function and homeostasis. |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Alexander Forbes |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | prof physiology |
| University: | Harvard Medical School |
| City: | Cambridge |
| State: | MA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |