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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 1950s (72) 1956 (9) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1900s (92) 1904 (11) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, central (101) Germany (84) Berlin (10) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1970s (66) 1979 (8) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, central (62) Germany (56) Schopfheim (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name S-Z (143) W (48) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) F (33) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name S-Z (69) W (37) Werner (3) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 50 - 59 (231) 53 (23) 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, central (117) Germany (98) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, central (70) Germany (64) Mainz (1) Mainz University (1) 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) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships E-P (571) N (352) North Rhine-Westphalia Academy for Sciences and Arts (15) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards G-H (389) G (254) Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (23) complete name: Werner Forssmann nobel prize: medicine award year: 1956 together with: André Frédéric Cournand together with: Dickinson W. Richards prize share: Prize share: 1/3 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1956 was awarded jointly to André Frédéric Cournand, Werner Forssmann and Dickinson W. Richards "for their discoveries concerning heart catheterization and pathological changes in the circulatory system." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Werner family name: Forssmann occupation: surgeon occupation: cardiologist occupation: military physician occupation: urologist field of work: cardiology work location: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany description: Werner Forssmann was a physician from Germany who shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Medicine (with Andre Cournand and Dickinson Richards) for developing a procedure that allowed for 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. pronunciation: (Forssmann in English) image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1956. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1956/summary/> date birth: 1904 date death: 1979 usual name: Werner Forssmann
