| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | 
| Year: | 1937 | 
| Number: | 18 - 0 | 
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| Nominee: 
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| Name: | Walter B Cannon | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1871 | 
| Year, Death: | 1945 | 
| Profession: | prof physiology | 
| University: | Harvard University | 
| City: | Cambridge | 
| State: | MA | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Motivation: | Work on X-ray examination of the movements of the digestion apparatus, work on adrenalin and sympathine, and homeostasis. | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Bernardo Alberto  Houssay | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1887 | 
| Year, Death: | 1971 | 
| Profession: | prof physiology, Nobel Laureate med 1947 | 
| University: | University of Buenos Aires | 
| City: | Buenos Aires | 
| Country: | ARGENTINA (AR) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1947 | 
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