| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | 
| Year: | 1901 | 
| Number: | 39 - 10 | 
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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: | Gustaf M Retzius | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1842 | 
| Year, Death: | 1919 | 
| Profession: | former prof | 
| University: | Karolinska Institutet | 
| City: | Stockholm | 
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) | 
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| Motivation: | S. Ramon y Cajal: See entries 39:01-7.
G. Retzius: Work on the sensory organs, and the nervous system of lower vertebrates and crustaceans. Refers to the motivation of entry 39-11. | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Alexander  San-Martin | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Profession: | prof pathology and 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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