| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
| Year: | 1939 |
| Number: | 46 - 0 |
| Nominee: |
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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 | |
| Motivation: | Work on the physiology of the brain stem, the regulation of sleep, respiration and circulation. |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | W Löffler |
| Profession: | prof medicine |
| University: | University of Zurich |
| City: | Zurich |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |