Werner Forssmann
German physician
Werner Theodor Otto Forßmann was a German researcher and physician from Germany who shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Medicine for developing a procedure that allowed cardiac catheterization. In 1929, he put himself under local anesthesia and... Wikipedia
Born: August 29, 1904, Berlin, Germany
Died: June 1, 1979 (age 74 years), Schopfheim, Germany
Education: Humboldt University of Berlin
Parents: Julius Forssmann and Emmy Forssmann
Award: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1956)
Known for: Cardiac catheterization
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