| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| Year: | 1903 |
| Number: | 33 - 0 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | Robert Koch |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1843 |
| Year, Death: | 1910 |
| Profession: | prof |
| University: | Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases |
| City: | Berlin |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1905 |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Köberle |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | former prof |
| City: | Strasbourg |
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
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| Motivation: | Köberle: The first surgeon who adapted Pasteur´s teachings, and already in the 1860´s (before Lister) tried to create an aseptic surgical environment by disinfecting surfaces, washing hands, boiling instruments and using dry towels to wipe up blood.
R. Koch: Of great importance for surgery through his work on bacteriological methods, identification of many strains of bacteria and methods of disinfection. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Paul Zweifel |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | prof |
| City: | Leipzig |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
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| Comments: |
A supplement to the evaluation of R. Koch by Carl Sundberg was made by Ernst Almquist.
University: Originally the "Königlich Preußisches Institut für Infektionskrankheiten" or "Institut für Infektions-Krankheiten",
the name was in 1912 changed to "Das Robert Koch-Institut".
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