hygiene: Quick Facts

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Key People

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Harriot Kezia Hunt

American physician

Lancisi, miniature by an unknown artist

Giovanni Maria Lancisi

Italian physician

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Johann Peter Frank

German physician

Nuttall, George Henry Falkiner

George Henry Falkiner Nuttall

British biologist