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Werner Forssmann

nobel prize for medicine


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Werner Forssmann
Full Name
of the recipient		Werner Forssmann
AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year of Award1956
Share in Award33.3%
Award Shared withAndré Frédéric Cournand (33.3%)
Dickinson W. Richards (33.3%)
Motivation
for the Award		for their discoveries concerning heart catheterization and pathological changes in the circulatory system
Affiliation
at the Time of Award		Bad Kreuznach, Federal Republic of Germany
Mainz University, Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany
Place of BirthBerlin, Germany DEU
Date of Birth29 August 1904
Age
at the time of Award		51 years
Place of DeathSchopfheim, West Germany DEU
Date of Death1 June 1979
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