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Werner Theodor Otto Forßmann (Forssmann in English; German pronunciation: [ˈvɛʁnɐ ˈfɔʁsˌman] ⓘ; 29 August 1904 – 1 June 1979) was a German researcher and physician from Germany who shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Medicine (with Andre Frederic Cournand and Dickinson W. Richards) for developing a procedure that allowed cardiac ...
W erner Theodor Otto Forssmann was born in Berlin on August 29, 1904, the son of Julius Forssmann and Emmy Hindenberg. He was educated at the Askanische Gymnasium (secondary grammar school) in Berlin. Leaving school in 1922, he went to the University of Berlin to study medicine, passing his State Examination in 1929.
Werner Forssmann. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1956. Born: 29 August 1904, Berlin, Germany. Died: 1 June 1979, Schopfheim, West Germany (now Germany) Affiliation at the time of the award: Mainz University, Mainz, Germany.
Werner Forssmann was a German surgeon who shared with André F. Cournand and Dickinson W. Richards the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1956. A pioneer in heart research, Forssmann contributed to the development of cardiac catheterization, a procedure in which a tube is inserted into a vein.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
In 1956, as a pioneer of interventional cardiology, Werner Forssmann shared the Nobel Prize with André Frédéric Cournand and Dickinson W. Richard. Forssmann's family was in difficult financial straits at the time and the Nobel Prize was an unexpected windfall.
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- 2018
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Mar 1, 1997 · Abstract. Werner Forssmann, AndréF. Cournand, and Dickinson W. Richards were awarded the Nobel Prize in 1956 for seminal work on heart catheterization, Forssmann for his pioneering self-experiment, and Cournand and Richards for establishing heart catheterization as a standard diagnostic and treatment procedure in cardiology.
Mar 1, 2020 · Learn about the courageous and pioneering work of Werner Forssmann, who inserted a catheter into his own heart in 1929 and paved the way for cardiac catheterization. Read how he faced opposition, criticism and imprisonment, but also recognition and collaboration with Cournand and Richards, who shared the 1956 Nobel Prize with him.
