Werner Forssmann
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Werner Forßmann | |
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![]() Werner Forßmann | |
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Died | 1 June 1979 | (aged 74)
Nationality | Germany |
Alma mater | University of Berlin |
Known for | Cardiac catheterization |
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Fields | Medicine |
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.
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