# Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureates of the 1940s

Every Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate between 1940 and 1949, with the year and the Nobel Foundation's official citation. Which discovery do you think mattered most?

- 6 votes · 14 items
- Aug 4, 2020 · sofia_noscope
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## Top 14

1. **Herbert Spencer Gasser** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1944. For their discoveries relating to the highly differentiated functions of single nerve fibres.
2. **Alexander Fleming** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1945. For the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases.
3. **Howard Walter Florey** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1945. For the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases.
4. **Hermann Joseph Muller** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1946. For the discovery of the production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation.
5. **Henrik Dam** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1943. For his discovery of vitamin K.
6. **Joseph Erlanger** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1944. For their discoveries relating to the highly differentiated functions of single nerve fibres.
7. **Ernst Boris Chain** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1945. For the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases.
8. **Carl Ferdinand Cori** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1947. For their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen.
9. **Gerty Theresa Cori, née Radnitz** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1947. For their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen.
10. **Bernardo Alberto Houssay** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1947. For his discovery of the part played by the hormone of the anterior pituitary lobe in the metabolism of sugar.
11. **Paul Hermann Müller** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1948. For his discovery of the high efficiency of DDT as a contact poison against several arthropods.
12. **Walter Rudolf Hess** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1949. For his discovery of the functional organization of the interbrain as a coordinator of the activities of the internal organs.
13. **Edward Adelbert Doisy** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1943. For his discovery of the chemical nature of vitamin K.
14. **António Caetano Egas Moniz** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1949. For his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy (lobotomy) in certain psychoses.

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