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The Man Who Touched His Own Heart: True Tales of Science, Surgery, and Mystery
By Dunn, Rob
- ISBN
- 9780316225793 9780316225809
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
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Reviewed on October 1, 2014 | Science and Technology
Violating every reasonable rule of research, in 1929 Werner Forssmann inserted a urethral catheter into his arm and guided it to the right atrium of his heart, injecting dye for an X-ray. In the process, he stunted his career but also ultimately won a Nobel Prize. Dunn (ecology and evolution, North Carolina State Univ.; The Wild Life of Our Bodies) relates Forssmann's story along with many othe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
