Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1903
Number:12 - 0
 
Nominee:
Name:Niels R Finsen
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1860
Year, Death:1904
Profession:prof
University:Finsen Medical Light Institute
City:Copenhagen
Country:DENMARK (DK)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1903
 
Motivation:Treatment of Lupus vulgaris with concentrated light (phototherapy).
 
Nominator:
Name:Oscar Wanscher
Gender:M
Profession:prof surgery
University:Royal Frederick´s Hospital
City:Copenhagen
Country:DENMARK (DK)
University:University of Copenhagen
City:Copenhagen
Country:DENMARK (DK)
 
Comments: This nomination was sent in Feb. 1902. An identical letter was sent in late 1902 (see entry 1903:20).