| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | 
| Year: | 1901 | 
| Number: | 39 - 8 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Santiago  Ramon y Cajàl | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1852 | 
| Year, Death: | 1934 | 
| Profession: | prof histology | 
| University: | Madrid | 
| City: | Madrid | 
| Country: | SPAIN (ES) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1906 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Rudolph  Virchow | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1821 | 
| Year, Death: | 1902 | 
| Profession: | prof pathological anatomy | 
| City: | Berlin | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
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| Nominee 3: 
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| Name: | Joseph  Lister (Lord) | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1827 | 
| Year, Death: | 1912 | 
| Profession: | prof | 
| City: | London | 
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) | 
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| Motivation: | No motivation given. | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Ramon  Jimenes Garcia | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Profession: | prof surgical medicine | 
| University: | Madrid | 
| City: | Madrid | 
| Country: | SPAIN (ES) | 
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| Comments: | Evaluation included C. Golgi, and was corroborated by S. E. Henschen. | 
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