Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1950
Number:20 - 0
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Edward C Kendall
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1886
Year, Death:1972
Profession:prof physiological chemistry
University:Mayo Foundation
City:Rochester
State:MN
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1950
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Philip S Hench
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1896
Year, Death:1965
Profession:Dr
University:Mayo Foundation
City:Rochester
State:MN
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1950
 
Nominee 3:
Name:Hans Selye
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1907
Year, Death:1982
Profession:prof exp medicine and surgery
City:Toronto
State:ON
Country:CANADA (CA)
 
Motivation:E Kendall: For his notable contributions to biochemistry, culminating in the joint discovery (with PS Hench) of the value of cortisone in the treatment of rheumatism. P Hench: For his studies of the rheumatic disorders. H Selye: Work on the general adaptation syndrome.
 
Nominator:
Name:Robert Platt
Gender:M
Profession:prof medicine
City:Manchester
Country:UNITED KINGDOM (GB)
 
 

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