Walter Rudolf Hess
Physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate
Born
March 17th, 1881
144 years ago
Died
August 12th, 1973
51 years ago — 92 years old
Category
Scientists & Innovators
Country
Switzerland
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1949
Research on the hypothalamus
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