Awards

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS IN MEDICINE
OR PHYSIOLOGY

1940

No award.

1941

No award.

1942

No award.

1943

Henrik C. P. Dam (Denmark) for his discovery of vitamin K.

Edward A. Doisy (United States) for his work in the chemistry of vitamin K.

1944

Joseph Erlanger (United States) and Herbert S. Gasser (United States) for their discoveries on the differentiated functions of single nerve fibers.

1945

Sir Alexander Fleming, Ernst B. Chain, and Sir Howard W. Florey (Great Britain) for their discovery of penicillin and its effect on curing certain infectious diseases.

1946

Herman J. Muller (United States) for discovering mutations by the use of X rays.

1947

Carl F. Cori (United States) and Gerty T. Cori (United States, born in Czechoslovakia) for their...

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