| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | 
| Year: | 1923 | 
| Number: | 34 - 0 | 
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| Nominee: 
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| Name: | Theobald  Smith | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1859 | 
| Year, Death: | 1934 | 
| Profession: | prof comparative pathology, head dept | 
| University: | Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now  Rockefeller University) | 
| City: | New York | 
| State: | NY | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Motivation: | Discovery of insect transmission of disease, work on the tubercle bacillus and investigation of "blackhead" in turkeys. | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | H J Gerstenberger | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Profession: | prof pediatrics | 
| University: | Case Western Reserve | 
| City: | Cleveland | 
| State: | OH | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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