Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1901
Number:43 - 8
 
Nominee:
Name:Emil A von Behring
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1854
Year, Death:1917
Profession:prof hygiene
University:University of Marburg
City:Marburg
Country:GERMANY (DE)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901
 
Motivation:Discovery of serum therapy against diphtheria.
 
Nominator:
Name:G Jelgersma
Profession:Prof psychiatry, The Faculty of Medicine
University:Leiden University
City:Leiden
Country:NETHERLANDS (NL)
 
Comments: 1. Nomination was made jointly in the same letter by the following members of the Faculty of Medicine, Leiden University, NL: T. Zaayer, prof anatomy; Siegmund Rosenstein, prof clinical medicine; M:c Gillany, prof general pathology and hygiene; J.E. van Iterson, prof surgery; W. Einthoven, prof physiology; W. Nolen, prof clinical medicine and pharmacology; W. Koster Gzn., prof ophthalmology and otology J. Weit, prof obstetrics and gynecology; and G. Jelgersma, prof psychiatry. See entry 43-0. 2. A supplement to the evaluation was made by Carl Sundberg. Evaluation included E. Roux.