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Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1926
Number:6 - 0
 
Motivation:The following were nominated by F. Hofmann, dept head, Staatsinstitut für experimentelle Therapie, Frankfurt am Main, DE: Rudolf Magnus, prof pharmacology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, NL, for work on posture, muscle tonus and tonic reflexes, especially as described in his work "Körperstellung" (J. Springer, Berlin, 1924). Heinrich Wieland (NP che 1927), prof chemistry, Freiburg, DE for studies on the constitution of bile acid. Max Rubner, prof emer physiology, Berlin Universty, Berlin, DE for work on nutritional physiology, energy turnover and calorie requirement. Nomination was declared invalid by the Nobel Committee.