Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1932
Number:76 - 0
 
Nominee:
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)
 
Motivation:Work on the autonomous nervous system, especially the discovery of a "local hormone" which is liberated in smooth muscle under sympathetic stimulation.
 
Nominator:
Name:B P Babkin
Profession:research prof physiology
University:University of Montreal
City:Montreal
State:PQ
Country:CANADA (CA)