Gwen Prout stamp collection vol.13 Nobel Prize Medicine 1980-1988

The volume comprises a collection of stamps, first day covers, biographies and press cuttings about various winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded between 1980 and 1988. Some of the items come with annotations and captions made by Gwen Prout. The stamps come from all over the world covering Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Oceania, and Asia .

The volume covers the following Nobel Prize winners:

1980: Baruj Benacerraf, Jean Dausset and George D. Snell

1981: Roger W. Sperry, David H. Hubel and Torsten N. Wiesel

1982: Sune K. Bergström, Bengt I. Samuelsson and Sir John R. Vane

1983: Barbara McClintock

1984: Niels K. Jerne, Georges J.F. Köhler and César Milstein

1985: Michael S. Brown and Joseph L. Goldstein

1986: Stanley Cohen and Rita Levi-Montalcini

1987: Susumu Tonegawa

1988: Sir James W. Black, Gertrude B. Elion and George H. Hitchings