Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1938
Number:33 - 1
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Gerhard Domagk
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1895
Year, Death:1964
Profession:dr
University:Research Laboratory of I.G. Farbenindustrie A.G.
City:Elberfeld
Country:GERMANY (DE)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1939
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Phoebus A Levene
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1869
Profession:prof, dept head
University:Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller University)
City:New York
State:NY
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Nominee 3:
Name:Perrin H Long
Gender:M
Profession:dr
University:Johns Hopkins Hospital
City:Baltimore
State:MD
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Motivation:Domagk: Discovery of Prontosil. Levene: Work on the synthesis of the nucleosides, particularly work on the configurational relationships of the simpler optically active organic compounds. Long: Work on the treatment of streptococcus hemolyticus infections by the use of sulfanilamide.
 
Nominator:
Name:George W Raiziss
Gender:M
Profession:prof chemotherapy
University:Pennsylvania
City:Philadelphia
State:PA
Country:UNITED STATES (US)