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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physiology or Medicine (216) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1940s (43) 1949 (6) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1880s (52) 1881 (8) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, western (207) Switzerland (17) Frauenfeld (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1970s (66) 1973 (9) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, western (182) Switzerland (26) Muralto (2) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name S-Z (143) W (48) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) H (72) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name S-Z (69) W (37) Walter (6) 22. Shared Family Name 22. Shared Family Name E-K (24) H (10) Hess (2) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 60 - 69 (252) 69 (28) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations (70) Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners (69) Physicians (65) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, western (223) Switzerland (19) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, western (125) Switzerland (12) Zurich (8) University of Zurich (4) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, central (165) Germany (154) Berlin (62) Humboldt University of Berlin (56) Alumni (32) Bonn (10) Bonn University (10) Short-term academic staff (2) Kiel (12) University of Kiel (12) Alumni (5) Europe, western (390) Switzerland (65) Bern (7) University of Bern (7) Alumni (5) Zurich (49) University of Zurich (23) Alumni (8) Long-term academic staff (10) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships E-P (571) G (195) German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (179) P (109) Pontifical Academy of Sciences (83) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards C-D (404) C (272) Carl-Ludwig Honorary Medal (3) M-N (333) M (172) Marcel Benoist Prize (10) complete name: Walter Rudolf Hess nobel prize: medicine award year: 1949 together with: António Egas Moniz prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1949 was divided equally between Walter Rudolf Hess "for his discovery of the functional organization of the interbrain as a coordinator of the activities of the internal organs" and Antonio Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz "for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture birth name: Walter Rudolf Hess given name: Walter family name: Hess occupation: physician occupation: surgeon occupation: university teacher occupation: neuroscientist occupation: ophthalmologist work location: Zurich University, Zürich, Switzerland description: Walter Rudolf Hess was a Swiss physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949 for mapping the areas of the brain involved in the control of internal organs. He shared the prize with Egas Moniz. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1949. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1949/summary/> date birth: 1881 date death: 1973 usual name: Walter Hess
