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Also Known As Albrecht Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst von Gräfe
Born May 22, 1828 • Berlin • Germany
Died July 20, 1870 (aged 42) • Berlin • Germany
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Donders, engraving by H. Dilcher after a drawing by F. Kriehuber, c. 1860
Frans Cornelis Donders
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Svyatoslav Fyodorov
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Hermann von Helmholtz
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Bergmann, Ernst von
Ernst von Bergmann
German surgeon
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Frank Jobe
American orthopedic surgeon
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William Worrall Mayo
American physician
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Charles Horace Mayo
American physician
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Charles William Mayo
American physician
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William James Mayo
American physician
Joseph Lister
Joseph Lister
British surgeon and medical scientist
Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner
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Ben Carson
Ben Carson
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta smiling in a suit at an outdoor event, 2010.
Sanjay Gupta
American neurosurgeon and medical correspondent