Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1901
Number:72 - 0
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Emil A von Behring
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1854
Year, Death:1917
Profession:prof hygiene
University:University of Marburg
City:Marburg
Country:GERMANY (DE)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Shibasaburo Kitasako
Gender:M
City:Tokyo
Country:JAPAN (JP)
 
Motivation:Discovery of the tetanus antitoxin. Kitasako also discovered the plague bacillus, independently of Yersin.
 
Nominator:
Name:A de Bokay
Gender:M
Profession:prof pharmacology
City:Budapest
Country:HUNGARY (HU)
 
Comments: A supplement to the evaluation was made by Carl Sundberg. Evaluation included E. Roux.