Peter Chamberlen, the Elder: Quick Facts

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Gertie F. Marx

American physician

Sir James Young Simpson, 1st Baronet

Scottish physician

Walter Channing

American physician

William Worrall Mayo

American physician

Joseph Lister

British surgeon and medical scientist

Edward Jenner

English surgeon

Ambroise Paré

French surgeon

Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet

English surgeon and histologist

Berkeley George Andrew Moynihan, 1st Baron Moynihan

British surgeon

William Cheselden

British surgeon and teacher

Alexis Carrel

French surgeon, sociologist, and biologist

Hugh Chamberlen, the Elder

British midwife

Sir Victor Horsley

British surgeon

Guillaume, Baron Dupuytren

French surgeon and pathologist

Sir John Simon

British surgeon

Dominique-Jean, Baron Larrey

French military surgeon

Guy de Chauliac

French physician

Wilfred Trotter

British surgeon and sociologist

Frank Jobe

American orthopedic surgeon

Charles Horace Mayo

American physician