| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
| Year: | 1916 |
| Number: | 8 - 0 |
| Motivation: | General William Gorgas, Medical Corps of the United States Army, Canal Zone, Ancon, PA, was nominated for work in public health and sanitation on the Isthmus of Panama. Nominator was Prof H.H. Hazen, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA. Nomination was declared invalid by the Nobel Committee. |