# Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureates from 1910 to 1929

Every Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate between 1910 and 1929, with the year and the Nobel Foundation's official citation. Which discovery do you think mattered most?

- 134 votes · 17 items
- Oct 15, 2020 · sofia_noscope
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## Top 17

1. **Albrecht Kossel** (20 · ▲20 ▼0) — 1910. In recognition of the contributions to our knowledge of cell chemistry made through his work on proteins, including the nucleic substances.
2. **Allvar Gullstrand** (13 · ▲14 ▼1) — 1911. For his work on the dioptrics of the eye.
3. **Charles Richet** (8 · ▲9 ▼1) — 1913. His work on anaphylaxis.
4. **Jules Bordet** (8 · ▲9 ▼1) — 1919. For his discoveries relating to immunity.
5. **August Krogh** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — 1920. For his discovery of the capillary motor regulating mechanism.
6. **Robert Bárány** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — 1914. For his work on the physiology and pathology of the vestibular apparatus.
7. **Charles Nicolle** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — 1928. For his work on typhus.
8. **Alexis Carrel** (5 · ▲8 ▼3) — 1912. His work on vascular suture and the transplantation of blood vessels and organs.
9. **Julius Wagner-Jauregg** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — 1927. For his discovery of the therapeutic value of malaria inoculation in the treatment of dementia paralytica.
10. **Otto Fritz Meyerhof** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 1922. For his discovery of the fixed relationship between the consumption of oxygen and the metabolism of lactic acid in the muscle.
11. **Willem Einthoven** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1924. For the discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram.
12. **Frederick Banting** (3 · ▲6 ▼3) — 1923. For the discovery of insulin.
13. **Johannes Fibiger** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — 1926. For his discovery of the Spiroptera carcinoma.
14. **Archibald Hill** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 1922. For his discovery relating to the production of heat in the muscle.
15. **Frederick Gowland Hopkins** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1929. For his discovery of the growth-stimulating vitamins.
16. **Christiaan Eijkman** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 1929. For his discovery of the antineuritic vitamin.
17. **John Macleod** (0 · ▲4 ▼4) — 1923. For the discovery of insulin.

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