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Werner Forssmann, an Uncommon card
Werner Theodor Otto Forßmann was a German researcher and physician from Germany who shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Medicine for developing a procedure that allowed cardiac catheterization.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 32
- Power
- 93
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 22,000
Power 93 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Werner Forssmann quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Werner Forssmann card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Not knowing if the ______ might pierce a vein, he put his life at risk.
Answer
catheter. Not knowing if the catheter might pierce a vein, he put his life at risk. From the Werner Forssmann article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Werner Theodor Otto Forßmann was a German researcher and physician from Germany who shared the ____ Nobel Prize in Medicine for developing a procedure that allowed cardiac catheterization.
Answer
1950s. Werner Theodor Otto Forßmann was a German researcher and physician from Germany who shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Medicine for developing a procedure that allowed cardiac catheterization. From the Werner Forssmann article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Werner Forssmann. Werner Forssmann 61 · Frederick W. Sturckow 57 · Sailor cap 54 · Sicani 50 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- In 1929, he put himself under local anesthesia and inserted a catheter into a vein of his arm.
- Not knowing if the catheter might pierce a vein, he put his life at risk.
- Forssmann was nevertheless successful, he safely passed the catheter into his heart.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Werner Forssmann article was read about 22,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 32: each hit it takes is cut by 13 %.
How to get Werner Forssmann
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Werner Forssmann (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
