Alexis Carrel ( June 28, 1873 – November 5, 1944 ) was a French surgeon and biologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1912 for pioneering vascular suturing techniques.

* U. S. National Library of Medicine: Drug Information Portal – Aspirin

* Nobel Lectures, the Physiology or Medicine 1942 – 1962, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1964

* 2003 – Bernard Katz, German biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( b. 1911 )

* 1963 – Billy Gould, American musician, songwriter, and producer ( Faith No More, Harmful, Fear and the Nervous System, and Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine )

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* 1988 – Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch ornithologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( b. 1907 )

In the United Kingdom, those training for the medical profession complete either a 5 – 6 year course of study or an accelerated 4-year graduate entry course of study that leads to the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery ( MBBS or MBChB, standing for the Latin Medicinae Baccalaureus et Chirurgiae Baccalaureus ).

* Debru A. Galen on Pharmacology: Philosophy, History, and Medicine: Proceedings of the Vth International Galen Colloquium, Lille, 16 – 18 March 1995 BRILL 1997 ISBN 90-04-10403-8, ISBN 978-90-04-10403-7

* Corneille Jean François Heymans, physiologist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( 1892 – 1968 )

* University of Wisconsin – Madison has one of the largest programs in History of Science, Medicine and Technology, with particular strength in medical history, history of biology, history of science and religion, and environmental history.

* U. S. National Library of Medicine: Drug Information Portal – Hydrocodone

* 1889 – The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is originally incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.

* 1949 – Dennis Locorriere, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show )

* 1974 – The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.

* 1979 – Werner Forssmann, German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( b. 1904 )

* 1867 – Harvard School of Dental Medicine was established in Boston, Massachusetts.

Sir John Carew Eccles, AC FRS FRACP FRSNZ FAAS ( 27 January 1903 – 2 May 1997 ) was an Australian neurophysiologist who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synapse.

* Sune Bergström ( 1916 – 2004 ), Nobel Prize in Medicine 1982.

* 1983 – Albert Claude, Belgian biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( b. 1899 )

* 1997 – Alfred Hershey, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( b. 1908 )

* 2002 – César Milstein, Argentine scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( b. 1927 )

For the first isolation of a restriction enzyme, HindII, in 1970, and the subsequent discovery and characterization of numerous restriction endonucleases, the 1978 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Daniel Nathans, Werner Arber, and Hamilton O. Smith.

* August 29 – Werner Forssmann, German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( d. 1979 )

* Physiology or Medicine – André Frédéric Cournand, Werner Forssmann, Dickinson W. Richards

** Werner Forssmann, German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( b. 1904 )

In 1956, André Frédéric Cournand, Werner Forssmann and Dickinson W. Richards were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine " for their discoveries concerning heart catheterization and pathological changes in the circulatory system.

Werner Forssmann received his 1956 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his experiments with cathetering his own heart, made in Eberswalde in 1929.

* Werner Arber ( 1929-), Nobel Prize in Medicine 1978

Werner Theodor Otto Forßmann ( 29 August 1904 – 1 June 1979 ) was a physician from Germany who shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Medicine ( with Andre Cournand and Dickinson Richards ) for developing a procedure that allowed for cardiac catheterization.

From the Nobel Prize in Medicine acceptance speech given by Werner Forssmann in 1956:

** Medicine – Werner Arber, Daniel Nathans, Hamilton O. Smith

Along with Werner Arber and Hamilton Smith, Nathans received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1978 for the discovery of restriction enzymes.

Along with American researchers Hamilton Smith and Daniel Nathans, Werner Arber shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction endonucleases.

* Werner Forssmann was living and working in Bad Kreuznach when he received news of his award of the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956 along with Werner Forssmann and Dickinson W. Richards for the development of cardiac catheterization.

He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1978 for discovering type II restriction enzymes with Werner Arber and Daniel Nathans as co-recipients.

He was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956 with André Cournand and Werner Forssmann for the development of cardiac catheterization and the characterisation of a number of cardiac diseases.

For this work, André Cournand and Werner Forssmann, were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for 1956.