Werner Forssmann
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 44 years ago |
| Date of birth | August 29,1904 |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Born | Berlin |
| Germany | |
| Date of died | June 1,1979 |
| Died | Schopfheim |
| Germany | |
| Books | Experiments on Myself: Memoirs of a Surgeon in Germany |
| Parents | Julius Forssmann |
| Emmy Forssmann | |
| Known for | Cardiac catheterization |
| Education | Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
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| ID | 997800 |
Werner Forssmann Life story
Werner Theodor Otto Forßmann was a 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 inserted a catheter into a vein of his arm.
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