Award
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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Werner Forssmann
1904-08-29 – 1979-06-01
Life & Legacy
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 catheterization. In 1929, he put himself under local anesthesia and inserted a catheter into a vein of his arm. Not knowing if the catheter might pierce a vein, he put his life at risk. Forssmann was nevertheless successful; he safely passed the catheter into his heart.
Occupation & Career
military physician, surgeon, urologist, cardiologist, physiologist, physician, university teacher
Education
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Employer
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Organizations & Memberships
North Rhine-Westphalia Academy for Sciences and Arts · Sturmabteilung
Education & Institutions
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Verified Legacy Record
Award
Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q77152 · wikidata
Sources & Provenance
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