Motivation: | Dilworth W. Woolley, Dr, dept head, Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research, New York, NY, USA, was nominated for work on the importance of nicotinic acid in treatment of "black tongue" in dogs and in pellegra in man.
Maurizio Oscoli [Ascoli], University of Palermo, Palermo, IT, was nominated for treatment of malaria and tumours of the spleen by intravenous injection of adrenalin. See comment. Nominator was O. Borrino, University of Perugia, Perugia, IT. Nomination was declared invalid by the Nobel Committee. |