Walter Rudolf Hess
Walter Rudolf Hess | |
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| Born | 17 March 1881 Frauenfeld, Thurgau, Switzerland |
| Died | 12 August 1973 (aged 92) Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland |
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| Fields | Physiology |
| Institutions | University of Zurich, ETH Zürich |
Walter Rudolf Hess (17 March 1881 – 12 August 1973) 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.