See Also: Forssmann, Werner(encyclopedia)
Werner, F(medicine)
Hagedorn, Werner(medicine)
werner-his disease(medicine)
Werner's syndrome(dictionary)
Arber, Werner(encyclopedia)
Bischof, Werner(encyclopedia)
Herzog, Werner(encyclopedia)
Werner (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
werner syndrome(medicine)

Forssmann, Werner (sh)




born Aug. 20, 1904, Berlin, Ger.
died June 1, 1979, Schopfheim, W.Ger.

German surgeon.

He shared with Andre Cournand and Dickinson W. Richards (1895-1973) a 1956 Nobel Prize for contributions to the development of cardiac catheterization. He used himself as the first human subject, watching the progress of the catheter in a mirror in front of a fluoroscope screen. Severely criticized for this, he abandoned cardiology for urology. His procedure, put into practice by Richards and Cournand, has become an invaluable diagnostic and research tool.