| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
| Year: | 1926 |
| Number: | 8 - 0 |
| Motivation: | Theobald Smith, MD, dept head, The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, Dept of Animal Pathology, Princeton, NJ, USA, was nominated for work on Texas fever showing insect transmission of diseases. Also, work on tuberculosis, Blackhead in turkeys, prevention of infectious abortion in cattle by vaccination, and anaphylaxis. Nominator was Jas W. Jobling, prof pathology, New York, NY, USA. Nomination was declared invalid by the Nobel Committee. |