Walter Rudolf Hess

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1881 – 1973

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Who was Walter Rudolf Hess?

Walter Rudolf Hess 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. He shared the prize with Egas Moniz.

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Born
Mar 17, 1881
Frauenfeld
Nationality
  • Switzerland
Education
  • University of Zurich
Died
Aug 12, 1973
Locarno

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on July 23, 2013

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