| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| Year: | 1950 |
| Number: | 52 - 0 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | Edward C Kendall |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1886 |
| Year, Death: | 1972 |
| Profession: | prof physiological chemistry |
| University: | Mayo Foundation |
| City: | Rochester |
| State: | MN |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1950 |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Philip S Hench |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1896 |
| Year, Death: | 1965 |
| Profession: | Dr |
| University: | Mayo Foundation |
| City: | Rochester |
| State: | MN |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1950 |
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| Motivation: | E Kendall: For his notable contributions to biochemistry, culminating in the joint discovery (with PS Hench)of the value of cortisone in the treatment of rheumatism.
P Hench: For is studies of the rheumatic disorders.
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Nominator:
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| Name: | CFW Illingworth |
| Profession: | prof surgery |
| University: | University of Glasgow |
| City: | Glasgow |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
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| Comments: |
Also nominated by CFW Illingworth was A Blalock and H Taussig (see entry 52-1) |
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