Werner Forssmann
German physician, Nobel prize winner (1904-1979)
Werner Theodor Otto Forßmann (29 August 1904 – 1 June 1979) was a German physician. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956. Forssmann studied the active principles and discovered cardiac catheterization.
Werner Forßmann | |
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 Werner Forßmann | |
| Born | 29 August 1904 |
| Died | 1 June 1979 (aged 74) |
| Nationality | Germany |
| Alma mater | University of Berlin |
| Known for | Cardiac catheterization |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine |
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