Forssmann-Falck R
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23220, USA.
Am J Cardiol. 1997 Mar 1;79(5):651-60. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00833-8.
Werner Forssmann, André F. Cournand, and Dickinson W. Richards were awarded the Nobel Prize in 1956 for seminal work on heart catheterization, Forssmann for his pioneering self-experiment, and Cournand and Richards for establishing heart catheterization as a standard diagnostic and treatment procedure in cardiology. Forssmann's self-experiment pushed the boundaries of medicine into a new era and opened the door of modern cardiology. This historical study depicts Forssmann's life narrative and the forces, political and personal as well, that shaped his personality. His upbringing in Berlin, his career as a physician, the self-experiment, and his life as a Nobel Laureate will be reviewed. His preoccupation with euthanasia, and in the scientific community a rather unknown aspect of his intellectual productivity in his late life, will also be evaluated.
维尔纳·福斯曼、安德烈·F·库南德和迪金森·W·理查兹因在心脏导管插入术方面的开创性工作而于1956年被授予诺贝尔奖，福斯曼因其开创性的自我实验获奖，库南德和理查兹则因将心脏导管插入术确立为心脏病学的标准诊断和治疗程序而获奖。福斯曼的自我实验将医学的边界推进到一个新时代，开启了现代心脏病学的大门。这项历史研究描绘了福斯曼的人生历程以及塑造他性格的各种力量，包括政治和个人方面的力量。将回顾他在柏林的成长经历、他作为医生的职业生涯、自我实验以及他作为诺贝尔奖获得者的生活。还将评估他对安乐死的关注，这在科学界是他晚年学术成果中一个相对不为人知的方面。
