The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1956
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André Frédéric Cournand
Prize share: 1/3
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Werner Forssmann
Prize share: 1/3
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Dickinson W. Richards
Prize share: 1/3
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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