| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | 
| Year: | 1943 | 
| Number: | 16 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Hendrik C Dam | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1895 | 
| Year, Death: | 1976 | 
| Profession: | prof biochemistry | 
| University: | Polytechnic Institute | 
| City: | Copenhagen | 
| Country: | DENMARK (DK) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1943 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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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 | 
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| Nominee 3: 
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| Name: | Bernardo Alberto  Houssay | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1887 | 
| Year, Death: | 1971 | 
| Profession: | prof physiology | 
| University: | Institute of Biology and Experimental Medicine | 
| City: | Buenos Aires | 
| Country: | ARGENTINA (AR) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1947 | 
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| Motivation: | H.Dam: Discovery of vitamin K.
W.Hess: Studies on the function of the hypothalamus.
B.Houssay: Physiological importance of the pituitary gland for carbohydrate metabolism. | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Corneille J Heymans | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1892 | 
| Year, Death: | 1968 | 
| Profession: | Nobel Laureate med 1938 | 
| City: | Ghent | 
| Country: | BELGIUM (BE) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1938 | 
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