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Born November 21, 1868 • New York City • New York
Died September 30, 1939 (aged 70) • New York City • New York
Subjects Of Study childhood diseases and disorders
Walter Reed
Walter Reed
American pathologist and bacteriologist
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Helen Brooke Taussig
American physician
Karl Landsteiner.
Karl Landsteiner
Austrian immunologist and pathologist
Agramonte y Simoni, Aristides
Aristides Agramonte y Simoni
Cuban-born physician, pathologist, and bacteriologist
George H. Whipple
George H. Whipple
American pathologist
Peyton Rous.
Peyton Rous
American pathologist
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George Frederick Dick
American physician
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Joseph, Freiherr von Mering
German physician
Rudolf Virchow
Rudolf Virchow
German pathologist and statesman
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Peter C. Doherty
Australian scientist
Rolf M. Zinkernagel.
Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Swiss scientist
The “father of scientific surgery”
John Hunter
British surgeon
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Miroslav Holub
Czech poet, pathologist and immunologist
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Robin Warren
Australian pathologist
Eijkman
Christiaan Eijkman
Dutch physician
Fibiger
Johannes Fibiger
Danish pathologist
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William Prout
British chemist
Howard Walter Florey
Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey
Australian pathologist
Donders, engraving by H. Dilcher after a drawing by F. Kriehuber, c. 1860
Frans Cornelis Donders
Dutch ophthalmologist
Laveran
Alphonse Laveran
French physician and pathologist