Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1929
Number:67 - 0
 
Nominee:
Name:Ernst Kretschmer
Gender:M
Profession:prof psychiatry and neurology
University:University of Marburg
City:Marburg
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
Motivation:Divided populations in two groups based on general body structure: one which is more prone to be afflicted with schizophrenic disorders, and another, more susceptible to mano-depressive disorders.
 
Nominator:
Name:J Raeche
Profession:prof psychiatry
University:Frankfurt am Main
City:Frankfurt am Main
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
Comments: Refers to Kretschmer´s work "Körperbau und Charakter", 1st ed, 1921.