Hansson Nils, Tuffs Annette
Department for the History, Philosophy, and Ethics of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, 40225, Dusseldorf, Germany.
Paracelsus Medical University, Prof.-Ernst-Nathan-Straße 1, D-90419, Nuremberg, Germany.
Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2016 Dec;401(8):1093-1096. doi: 10.1007/s00423-016-1511-3. Epub 2016 Sep 30.
The Heidelberg surgeon Vincenz Czerny (1842-1916) is remembered as pioneer of innovative operations as well as entrepreneur of interdisciplinary cancer therapy. The purpose of this paper is to describe his role during the early history of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.
Based on documents from the Nobel Archive, this paper investigates how Czerny contributed, both as nominee and nominator, in shaping the early years of Nobel Prize history.
Vincenz Czerny was nominated at least three times for the Nobel Prize, but he was never selected. Czerny's own nomination letters pinpoint important trends in medicine around the turn of the century. At least seven of the candidates he put forward, became Nobel Laureates.
Czerny-like many other internationally renowned surgeons during the first decades of the twentieth century-missed out on the Nobel Prize, partly because it is not a lifetime award and his work would have to have been more recent. However, with his nominations, Czerny helped to shape the Nobel Prize to become the most important scientific award worldwide.
海德堡外科医生温琴茨·策尔尼（1842 - 1916）被铭记为创新手术的先驱以及跨学科癌症治疗的倡导者。本文旨在描述他在诺贝尔生理学或医学奖早期历史中的作用。
基于诺贝尔档案馆的文件，本文研究了策尔尼作为被提名者和提名者在塑造诺贝尔奖早期历史过程中所做出的贡献。
温琴茨·策尔尼至少三次获得诺贝尔奖提名，但从未当选。策尔尼自己的提名信指出了世纪之交医学领域的重要趋势。他提名的候选人中至少有七位获得了诺贝尔奖。
策尔尼——与20世纪头几十年许多其他国际知名外科医生一样——未能获得诺贝尔奖，部分原因是该奖项并非终身成就奖，且他的工作成果需更近一些。然而，通过他的提名，策尔尼推动了诺贝尔奖成为全球最重要的科学奖项。
