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Nobel Laureates in Physiology or <strong>Medicine</strong> 431<br />

Year Laureate(s) Discovery<br />

1922 Archibald V. Hill (1886–1977; UK)<br />

Otto Meyerh<strong>of</strong> (1884–1951; Germany) muscle metabolism <strong>and</strong> the ability <strong>of</strong> muscle activity to generate heat<br />

1920 August Krogh (1874–1949; Denmark) neuromuscular mechanisms that regulate capillary constriction <strong>and</strong><br />

dilation<br />

1919 Jules Bordet (1870–1961; Belgium) immunity <strong>and</strong> infectious diseases<br />

1914 Robert Bárány (1876–1936; Austria) vestibular apparatus (receptors located within the inner ear that detect<br />

the body’s position relative to the external environment)<br />

1913 Charles Richet (1850–1935; France) mechanisms <strong>of</strong> anaphylaxis (severe hypersensitivity reaction)<br />

1912 Alexis Carrel (1873–1944; France) transplantation <strong>of</strong> blood vessels <strong>and</strong> organs<br />

1911 Allvar Gullstr<strong>and</strong> (1862–1930; Sweden) refractive functions <strong>and</strong> errors <strong>of</strong> the eye (physiologic dioptrics)<br />

1910 Albrecht Kossel (1853–1927; Germany) role <strong>of</strong> proteins <strong>and</strong> nucleic acids in cellular function<br />

1909 Theodor Kocher (1841–1917; Switzerl<strong>and</strong>) function <strong>and</strong> dysfunction <strong>of</strong> the thyroid gl<strong>and</strong><br />

1908 Ilya Mechnikov (1845–1916; Russia) Mechnikov: function <strong>of</strong> phagocytosis in the immune response<br />

Paul Ehrlich (1854–1915; Germany) Ehrlich: salvarsan as the first effective treatment for syphilis<br />

1907 Alphonse Laveran (1845–1922; France) role <strong>of</strong> protozoa in causing diseases such as malaria<br />

1906 Camillo Golgi (1843–1926; Italy) structure <strong>of</strong> the nervous system, notably the spinal cord <strong>and</strong> spinal<br />

Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934; Spain) nerves<br />

1905 Robert Koch (1843–1910; Germany) isolation <strong>and</strong> cultivation <strong>of</strong> the tubercle bacillus responsible for causing<br />

tuberculosis <strong>and</strong> the mechanisms <strong>of</strong> tuberculosis infection<br />

1904 Ivan Pavlov (1849–1936; Russia) physiology <strong>of</strong> digestion<br />

1903 Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860–1904; Denmark) therapeutic use <strong>of</strong> sunlight to treat conditions <strong>of</strong> the skin such as lupus<br />

vulgaris<br />

1902 Ronald Ross (1857–1932; UK) transmission <strong>of</strong> malaria by mosquito bites<br />

1901 Emil von Behring (1854–1917; Germany) serum antitoxin to treat diphtheria

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