Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1942
Number:29 - 0
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Hendrik C Dam
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1895
Year, Death:1976
Profession:prof biochemistry
University:Polytechnic Institute
City:Copenhagen
Country:DENMARK (DK)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1943
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Walter R Hess
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1881
Year, Death:1973
Profession:prof physiology
University:University of Zurich
City:Zurich
Country:SWITZERLAND (CH)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1949
 
Nominee 3:
Name:Bernardo Alberto Houssay
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1887
Year, Death:1971
Profession:prof physiology
University:University of Buenos Aires
City:Buenos Aires
Country:ARGENTINA (AR)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1947
 
Motivation:H.Dam: Discovery of vitamin K. W.Hess: Studies on the function of the hypothalamus. B.Houssay: Physiological importance of the pituitary gland for carbohydrate metabolism.
 
Nominator:
Name:Corneille J Heymans
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1892
Year, Death:1968
Profession:Nobel Laureate med 1938
City:Ghent
Country:BELGIUM (BE)