| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
| Year: | 1916 |
| Number: | 28 - 0 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Theobald Smith |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1859 |
| Year, Death: | 1934 |
| Profession: | prof comparative pathology |
| University: | Harvard University |
| City: | Cambridge |
| State: | MA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Motivation: | Demonstrated, in tick-infected cattle, the possibility of an animal parasite being the intermediate source in the conveyance of disease from one infected individual to another. |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Harvey W Cushing |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1869 |
| Year, Death: | 1939 |
| Profession: | prof surgery |
| University: | Harvard University |
| City: | Cambridge |
| State: | MA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |