All Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded 116 times to 232 Nobel Prize laureates between 1901 and 2025. Click on the links to get more information.


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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1929

“for his discovery of the antineuritic vitamin”
“for his discovery of the growth-stimulating vitamins”

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1927

“for his discovery of the therapeutic value of malaria inoculation in the treatment of dementia paralytica”

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1926

“for his discovery of the Spiroptera carcinoma”

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1925

“No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section”

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1924

“for his discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram”

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1922

“for his discovery relating to the production of heat in the muscle”
“for his discovery of the fixed relationship between the consumption of oxygen and the metabolism of lactic acid in the muscle”

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1921

“No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section”

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1920

“for his discovery of the capillary motor regulating mechanism”

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