Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1908
Number:102 - 0
 
Nominee:
Name:Paul Ehrlich
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1854
Year, Death:1915
Profession:prof
University:Royal Institute for Experimental Therapy
City:Frankfurt am Main
Country:GERMANY (DE)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1908
 
Motivation:Work on immunity, especially his work on the toxins ricin and abrin (see comment).
 
Nominator:
Name:G Gaffky
Gender:M
Profession:director
University:Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases
City:Berlin
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
Comments: Mentions Ehrlich´s work "Experimentelle Untersuchungen über Immunität, I Ueber Ricin, II Ueber Abrin", Deutsche medicinische Wochenschrift 1891. University: Originally the "Königlich Preußisches Institut für Infektionskrankheiten" or "Institut für Infektions-Krankheiten", the name was in 1912 changed to "Das Robert Koch-Institut".