| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| Year: | 1927 |
| Number: | 21 - 0 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | Charles S Sherrington |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1857 |
| Year, Death: | 1952 |
| Profession: | prof physiology |
| University: | University of Oxford |
| City: | Oxford |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1932 |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Rudolf Magnus |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1873 |
| Year, Death: | 1927 |
| Profession: | prof pharmacology |
| University: | Utrecht University |
| City: | Utrecht |
| Country: | NETHERLANDS (NL) |
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| Motivation: | C. Sherrington: Work on segmental innervation, the physiology of reflex action,
"decerebrate rigidity" and tonus, and on the function of the cerebral cortex.
R. Magnus: Studies of posture and its dependence on the labyrinths and proprioceptive
pathways from muscles and joints. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Archibald V Hill |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1886 |
| Year, Death: | 1977 |
| Profession: | Nobel Laureate med 1922 |
| University: | University of London |
| City: | London |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1922 |
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| Comments: |
Evaluation by H. Gertz included A. de Kleijn. |
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