Walter Rudolf Hess

Walter Rudolf Hess, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1881-03-17 in Frauenfeld, Switzerland

Gender: male

Field: Swiss physiologist (1881–1973)

Biography

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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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1949

Awarded on: 1949-10-27

"for his discovery of the functional organization of the interbrain as a coordinator of the activities of the internal organs"

Affiliations:

  • University of Zurich – Zurich, Switzerland
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