Werner Forssmann

Werner Theodor Otto Forßmann was a German researcher and 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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Who was born first?

• Werner Forssmann and Wendell Meredith Stanley were born the same year
• Werner Forssmann and Hans Albert Einstein were born the same year
• Werner Forssmann and J. Robert Oppenheimer were born the same year
• Werner Forssmann and Kenneth Bainbridge were born the same year
• Werner Forssmann and Louis Néel were born the same year

Timeline

1. Hans Albert EinsteinMay 14, 1904 – July 26, 1973
2. J. Robert OppenheimerApril 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967
3. Kenneth BainbridgeJuly 27, 1904 – July 14, 1996
4. Louis NéelNovember 22, 1904 – November 17, 2000
5. Wendell Meredith StanleyAugust 16, 1904 – June 15, 1971
6. Werner Forssmann (this page)August 29, 1904 – June 1, 1979

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