Forssmann

[ fawrs-mahn, -muhn, fohrs-; German fawrs-mahn ]

noun

1. Wer·ner [ver, -n, uh, r], 1904–79, German surgeon: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1956.

Example Sentences

We read about Werner Forssmann, who attempted one of the first cardiac catheterizations in 1929.

From New York Times

Forssmann threaded a thin tube through his arm until it pierced his right atrium.

From New York Times

In 1929, Werner Forssmann, a German, famously risked his life when he put himself under local anesthesia, inserted a catheter into a vein on his arm and managed to thread it into his heart.

From Washington Post

Forssmann catheterized his own heart nine more times.

From Washington Post

Werner Forssmann had a plan — a plan he knew his superiors would never approve.

From Washington Post