Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1931
Number:23 - 3
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Edward C Kendall
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1886
Year, Death:1972
Profession:prof physiological chemistry
University:Mayo Clinic
City:Rochester
State:MN
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1950
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Karl Koller
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1857
Year, Death:1944
Profession:dr
University:New York University
City:New York
State:NY
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Nominee 3:
Name:David Marine
Gender:M
Profession:prof experimental medicine
University:Cleveland
City:Cleveland
State:OH
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Motivation:Kendall: The isolation of crystalline thyroxine. Koller: The discovery of the local anaesthetic properties of cocaine and the introduction of local anaesthesia into medicine and surgery. Marine: Work on the prophylaxis against goiter by means of iodine containing substances.
 
Nominator:
Name:Arthur D Hirschfelder
Gender:M
Profession:prof pharmacology
University:University of Minnesota
City:Minneapolis
State:MN
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
 

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