Walter Rudolf Hess
Swiss physiologist (1881–1973) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Walter Rudolf Hess (17 March 1881 – 12 August 1973)[1] was a Swiss physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949 for mapping the areas of the brain involved in the control of internal organs.[2] He shared the prize with Egas Moniz.
For the German Nazi party official, see Rudolf Hess.
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Born | (1881-03-17)17 March 1881 Frauenfeld, Thurgau, Switzerland |
Died | 12 August 1973(1973-08-12) (aged 92) Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland |
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Fields | Physiology |
Institutions | University of Zurich, ETH Zürich |
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