# Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureates of the 1930s

Every Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate between 1930 and 1939, with the year and the Nobel Foundation's official citation. Which discovery do you think mattered most?

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- Sep 7, 2020 · Andrew Pierce
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## Top 14

1. **Karl Landsteiner** (20 · ▲21 ▼1) — 1930. For his discovery of human blood groups.
2. **Otto Heinrich Warburg** (18 · ▲18 ▼0) — 1931. For his discovery of the nature and mode of action of the respiratory enzyme.
3. **Charles Scott Sherrington** (16 · ▲16 ▼0) — 1932. For their discoveries regarding the functions of neurons.
4. **Edgar Adrian** (11 · ▲11 ▼0) — 1932. For their discoveries regarding the functions of neurons.
5. **Thomas Hunt Morgan** (10 · ▲12 ▼2) — 1933. For his discoveries concerning the role played by the chromosome in heredity.
6. **George Minot** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — 1934. For their discoveries concerning liver therapy in cases of anaemia.
7. **William P. Murphy** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — 1934. For their discoveries concerning liver therapy in cases of anaemia.
8. **Henry Hallett Dale** (6 · ▲8 ▼2) — 1936. For their discoveries relating to chemical transmission of nerve impulses.
9. **George Whipple** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — 1934. For their discoveries concerning liver therapy in cases of anaemia.
10. **Albert Szent-Györgyi** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 1937. For his discoveries in connection with the biological combustion processes, with special reference to vitamin C and the catalysis of fumaric acid.
11. **Corneille Heymans** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — 1938. For the discovery of the role played by the sinus and aortic mechanisms in the regulation of respiration.
12. **Otto Loewi** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — 1936. For their discoveries relating to chemical transmission of nerve impulses.
13. **Hans Spemann** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 1935. For his discovery of the organizer effect in embryonic development.
14. **Gerhard Domagk** (-2 · ▲0 ▼2) — 1939. For the discovery of the antibacterial effects of prontosil.

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