George H. Hitchings George Herbert Hitchings ( April 18 , 1905 -- February 27 , 1998 ) was an American doctor who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Sir James Black and Gertrude Elion `` for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment , '' Hitchings specifically for his work on chemotherapy .
George H. Hitchings George Herbert Hitchings ( April 18 , 1905 -- February 27 , 1998 ) was an American doctor . He shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Sir James Black and Gertrude B. Elion for their discoveries of important steps for drug treatment .