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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1956
André F. Cournand, Werner Forssmann, Dickinson W. Richards

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1956

André Frédéric Cournand

André Frédéric Cournand

Werner Forssmann

Werner Forssmann

Dickinson W. Richards

Dickinson W. Richards

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".

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