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World Journal of Urology
Published in: World Journal of Urology 8/2017

01-08-2017 | Original Article

Nobel Prize nominees and the rise of urology in Europe around 1900

Authors: Nils Hansson, Matthis Krischel, Thorsten Halling, Friedrich Moll, Heiner Fangerau

Published in: World Journal of Urology | Issue 8/2017

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Abstract

Purpose

Recent historical research has reconstructed the roads leading to the Nobel Prize for the trained urologists Werner Forssmann (1904–1979) in 1956 and Charles Huggins (1901–1997) in 1966. However, the story of urology and the Nobel Prize does not start and end with the laureates. Taking James Israel (1848–1926), Félix Guyon (1831–1920), and Peter J Freyer (1852–1921) as examples, this paper shows that pioneers in urology were in fact runners-up for the award much earlier.

Methods

The study is based on an analysis of original files in the Nobel Prize archive in Stockholm, scientific publications of the early twentieth century, and secondary literature.

Result and conclusion

We argue that Israel’s, Guyon’s, and Freyer’s candidacies reflect not only scientific trends and controversies in urology at the turn of twentieth century, but that the development of the specialty itself was reflected in nominations of physicians working on problems of the genito-urinary system.
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Metadata
Title
Nobel Prize nominees and the rise of urology in Europe around 1900
Authors
Nils Hansson
Matthis Krischel
Thorsten Halling
Friedrich Moll
Heiner Fangerau
Publication date
01-08-2017
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
World Journal of Urology / Issue 8/2017
Print ISSN: 0724-4983
Electronic ISSN: 1433-8726
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-016-1989-x

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