| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
| Year: | 1953 |
| Number: | 120 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Werner Forssmann |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1904 |
| Year, Death: | 1979 |
| Profession: | dr urology |
| City: | Bad Kreuznach |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1956 | |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | André Frédéric Cournand |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1895 |
| Year, Death: | 1988 |
| Profession: | prof medicine |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | William P Murphy |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1892 |
| Year, Death: | 1987 |
| Profession: | Nobel Laureate med 1934 |
| City: | Boston |
| State: | MA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |