| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| Year: | 1906 |
| Number: | 26 - 99 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | Carlos J Finlay |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1833 |
| Year, Death: | 1915 |
| Profession: | dr |
| City: | Havana |
| Country: | CUBA (CU) |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Henry R Carter |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | surgeon |
| University: | Marine Hospital Service of the United States |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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| Motivation: | Finlay: The discovery of the mode of propagation of yellow fever, as well as the means of eradicating and preventing epidemics of the disease.
Carter: Further work on yellow fever, especially the discovery that a considerable interval must elapse between the first case of yellow fever and the subsequent outbreak or epidemic of the disease. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | John W Ross |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | medical director |
| University: | United States Navy |
| City: | Clarksville |
| State: | TN |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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| Comments: |
J.W. Ross originally nominated C. Finlay as sole candidate for the Prize (entry 26-0), but then realized he could nominate several candidates to share the Prize, and therefore sent a new nomination, where he proposed the Prize be shared by C. Finlay and H. Carter (entry 26-99, originally 26-b). |
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