The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1934
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George Hoyt Whipple
Prize share: 1/3
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George Richards Minot
Prize share: 1/3
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William Parry Murphy
Prize share: 1/3
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1934 was awarded jointly to George Hoyt Whipple, George Richards Minot and William Parry Murphy "for their discoveries concerning liver therapy in cases of anaemia"
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