| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | 
| Year: | 1939 | 
| Number: | 3 - 1 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Walter R Hess | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1881 | 
| Year, Death: | 1973 | 
| Profession: | prof physiology | 
| University: | University of Zurich | 
| City: | Zurich | 
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1949 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Corneille J Heymans | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1892 | 
| Year, Death: | 1968 | 
| Profession: | prof pharmacology | 
| University: | Ghent University | 
| City: | Ghent | 
| Country: | BELGIUM (BE) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1938 | 
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| Nominee 3: 
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| Name: | Louis E Lapicque | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1866 | 
| Year, Death: | 1952 | 
| Profession: | prof physiology | 
| University: | Sorbonne | 
| City: | Paris | 
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) | 
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| Motivation: | Hess: Work on the physiology of the brain stem, the regulation of sleep, respiration and circulation.
Heymans: Work on the regulation of respiration and circulation.
Lapicque: Work on chronaxy. | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Alexandre  Besredka | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1870 | 
| Year, Death: | 1940 | 
| Profession: | prof hygiene, bacteriology and parasitology | 
| University: | Ghent University | 
| City: | Ghent | 
| Country: | BELGIUM (BE) | 
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