# Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureates from 1901 to 1909

Every Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate between 1901 and 1909, with the year and the Nobel Foundation's official citation. Which discovery do you think mattered most?

- 245 votes · 11 items
- Aug 19, 2020 · Fiona Shaw
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## Top 11

1. **Emil von Behring** (31 · ▲34 ▼3) — 1901. For his work on serum therapy, especially its application against diphtheria, by which he has opened a new road in the domain of medical science and thereby placed in the hands of the physician a victorious weapon against illness and deaths.
2. **Ronald Ross** (24 · ▲25 ▼1) — 1902. For his work on malaria, by which he has shown how it enters the organism and thereby has laid the foundation for successful research on this disease and methods of combating it.
3. **Ivan Pavlov** (20 · ▲24 ▼4) — 1904. In recognition of his work on the physiology of digestion, through which knowledge on vital aspects of the subject has been transformed and enlarged.
4. **Robert Koch** (19 · ▲23 ▼4) — 1905. For his investigations and discoveries in relation to tuberculosis.
5. **Niels Ryberg Finsen** (17 · ▲19 ▼2) — 1903. His contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation, whereby he has opened a new avenue for medical science.
6. **Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran** (17 · ▲19 ▼2) — 1907. In recognition of his work on the role played by protozoa in causing diseases.
7. **Santiago Ramón y Cajal** (14 · ▲16 ▼2) — 1906. In recognition of their work on the structure of the nervous system.
8. **Paul Ehrlich** (13 · ▲16 ▼3) — 1908. In recognition of their work on immunity.
9. **Camillo Golgi** (13 · ▲14 ▼1) — 1906. In recognition of their work on the structure of the nervous system.
10. **Élie Metchnikoff** (10 · ▲14 ▼4) — 1908. In recognition of their work on immunity.
11. **Emil Theodor Kocher** (9 · ▲12 ▼3) — 1909. For his work on the physiology, pathology and surgery of the thyroid gland.

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