| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | 
| Year: | 1904 | 
| Number: | 45 - 0 | 
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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: | Camillo  Golgi | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1843 | 
| Year, Death: | 1926 | 
| Profession: | prof general pathology and histology | 
| University: | University of Pavia | 
| City: | Pavia | 
| Country: | ITALY (IT) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1906 | 
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| Motivation: | C. Golgi: Refers to his nominations of 1902 (entry 1902:57) and 1903.
S. Ramon y Cajàl: Refers to his nominations of 1902 (entry 1902:57) and 1903. Additionally, Ramon y Cajàl´s work of 1903 where a new method for staining neurofibrils is presented (see comment). | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Gustaf M Retzius | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1842 | 
| Year, Death: | 1919 | 
| Profession: | prof | 
| University: | Karolinska Institutet | 
| City: | Stockholm | 
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) | 
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| Comments: | "Un sencille metode de coloracien selectiva del reticule protoplasmico y sus efectos en los diversos organos nerviosos", published 1903 by S. Ramon y Cajàl. | 
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