| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| Year: | 1940 |
| Number: | 17 - 3 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Bernardo Alberto Houssay |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1887 |
| Year, Death: | 1971 |
| Profession: | prof physiology |
| University: | University of Buenos Aires |
| City: | Buenos Aires |
| Country: | ARGENTINA (AR) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1947 |
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| Motivation: | Influence of glands of internal secretion on control of carbohydrate storage and utilization; especially the physiological
importance of the pituitary gland for carbohydrate metabolism.
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Walter B Cannon |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1871 |
| Year, Death: | 1945 |
| Profession: | prof physiology |
| University: | Harvard Medical School |
| City: | Cambridge |
| State: | MA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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| Comments: |
Also nominated, for other discoveries, were H. Berger, M. Sakel and H. Goldblatt (see nrs 17-0, 1, & 2 respectively). |
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