Walter Hess
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1949.
Born: 17, Mar, 1881, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Died: 12, Aug, 1973, Ascona, Switzerland
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of the functional organization of the interbrain as a coordinator of the activities of the internal organs"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Prize share: 1/2