| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | 
| Year: | 1901 | 
| Number: | 72 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| 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 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Shibasaburo  Kitasako | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1853 | 
| Year, Death: | 1931 | 
| City: | Tokyo | 
| Country: | JAPAN (JP) | 
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| Motivation: | Discovery of the tetanus antitoxin. Kitasako also discovered the plague bacillus, independently of Yersin. | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | A  de Bokay | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Profession: | prof pharmacology | 
| City: | Budapest | 
| Country: | HUNGARY (HU) | 
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| Comments: | A supplement to the evaluation was made by Carl Sundberg. Evaluation included E. Roux. | 
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