Table 2.
Shortlisted candidates for the Nobel Prize in the category 'physiology or medicine' 1939
| Name | Lifetime | Nationality | Profession | Motive of nomination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick C. Bawden | 1908-1972 | British | Plant biology, virology | Work on production of plant disease generating virus in crystallised form |
| Norman W. Pirie | 1907-1997 | British | Biochemistry | Work on production of plant disease generating virus in crystallised form |
| Gerhard Domagk | 1895-1964 | German | Pathology | For the discovery of the antibacterial effects of prontosil (got the prize 1939) |
| Gösta Forssell | 1876-1950 | Swedish | Radiology | Work on the mucosal patterns of the stomach and intestines |
| Evarts A. Graham | 1883-1957 | American | Surgery | Discovery of visualisation of the gallbladder, treatment of empyema, tuberculosis, bronchiectasis, carcinoma of the lung and adhesive pericarditis |
| Walter Rudolf Hess | 1881-1973 | Swiss | Physiology | Work on the physiology of the brain stem, the regulation of sleep, respiration and circulation; work on the coordimeter method |
| Corneille J. Heymans | 1892-1968 | Belgian | Pharmacology | Work on the regulation of respiration and circulation |
| Edward Mellanby | 1884-1955 | British | Physiology | Work on the relation of dietary deficiencies to human diseases, rickets and the nervous condition produced by lack of vitamin A |
| May Mellanby | 1882-1978 | British | Physiology | Work on the relation of dietary deficiencies to human diseases; dental structure and dental disease |
| Hermann J. Muller | 1890-1967 | American | Molecular biology | Production of mutations by means of x-ray irradiation |
| John H. Northrop | 1891-1987 | American | Biochemistry | The purification, crystallisation and method of action of pepsin and trypsin; purification of their pro-enzymes |
| Alfred N. Richards | 1876-1966 | American | Pharmacology | Work on the physiology of the kidneys (mechanism of renal secretation) |
| Thomas M. Rivers | 1888-1962 | American | Virology | Work on virus (virus III infections in rabbits, in vitro cultivation of viruses and vaccination against psittacosis) |
| Peyton Rous | 1879-1970 | American | Pathology | Work on the filterability of the existing agent of certain fowl tumours and the carcinogenic effect of papilloma virus injected in rabbits |
| Wendell M. Stanley | 1904-1971 | American | Chemistry, biochemistry | The purification and crystallisation of viruses |
| James B. Sumner | 1887-1955 | American | Biochemistry | The purification and crystallisation of the enzyme urease and the study of its action |
| Hugo A. Theorell | 1903-1982 | Swedish | Biochemistry | Work on the yellow ferment, especially its resynthesis |