Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1936
Number:32 - 0
 
Nominee 1:
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)
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Herbert S Gasser
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1888
Year, Death:1963
Profession:head dept
University:Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller University)
City:New York
State:NY
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1944
 
Motivation:Cannon: Work on the gastro-intestinal tract, hunger and thirst, adrenalin secretion, traumatic chock and homeostasis. Gasser: Work on a technique using the cathode ray oscillograph for the investigation of electric potential changes in nerve tissue.
 
Nominator:
Name:B Sachs
Profession:prof clinical neurology
University:New York University
City:New York
State:NY
Country:UNITED STATES (US)