Nomination archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1926
Number:19 - 0
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Emil Kraepelin
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1856
Year, Death:1926
Profession:prof
University:Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Psychiatrie
City:Munich
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Otfried Foerster
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1873
Year, Death:1941
Profession:prof psychiatry and neurology
City:Breslau (Wrocław)
Country:POLAND (PL)
 
Motivation:E. Kräpelin: Diagnosis and classification of mental illnesses. O. Förster: Operative treatment of spinal and neurological conditions to reduce suffering.
 
Nominator:
Name:Wilhelm Weygandt
Gender:M
Profession:prof psychiatry
University:University of Hamburg
City:Hamburg
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
Comments: Also nominated by W. Weygandt were O. Vogt, C. Vogt and J. Wagner-Jauregg (see entry nr 19-1). Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Psychiatrie (German Research Institute for Psychiatry): possible alternative name, Deutsche Anstalt für Hirnforschung.