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Born January 12, 1885 • Berlin • Germany
Died August 24, 1986 (aged 101) • New York City • New York
Subjects Of Study human sexual activity • transsexuality
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William Worrall Mayo
American physician
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William H. Masters
American physician
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Rebecca Lee Dorsey
American physician
Joycelyn Elders
Joycelyn Elders
American physician and government official
Andrew V. Schally
Andrew V. Schally
American endocrinologist
Dr. Gregory Pincus
Gregory Pincus
American endocrinologist
Magnus Hirschfeld
Magnus Hirschfeld
German physician
Havelock Ellis
Havelock Ellis
British essayist and physician
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Frank Jobe
American orthopedic surgeon
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Charles William Mayo
American physician
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William Claire Menninger
American physician
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William James Mayo
American physician
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Charles Horace Mayo
American physician
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Karl Augustus Menninger
American physician
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Charles Frederick Menninger
American physician
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William B. Castle
American physician
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Carl Cori
American biochemist
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Gerty Cori
American biochemist
Mildred Stahlman holding an infant in Vanderbilt's NICU, black and white photo
Mildred T. Stahlman
American neonatologist
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Thomas Hunt Morgan
American biologist