| Motivation: | Prof Simon Flexner, director, The Rockefeller Institute, New York, NY, US, was nominated for his study of experimental infections with Diplococcus intracellularis and application of that study to the treatment of cerebrospinal meningitis in man. Jacques Loeb, prof physiology, The Rockefeller Institute, New York, NY, US, was nominated for his investigations in the dynamics of living matter, especially experiments on artificial parthenogenesis. Theobald Smith, prof comparative pathology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, US, was nominated for his investigations on Texas cattle fever and its transmission. Nominator was Alfred N. Richards, Philadelphia, PA, US. Nomination was declared invalid by the Nobel Committee. |
