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Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919) — physician and anatomist; William Harvey (1578–1657) — English physician, described the circulatory system; Henry Heimlich (1920–2016) — inventor of the Heimlich maneuver and the Vietnam War-era chest drain valve; Orvan Hess (1906–2002) — fetal heart monitor and first successful use of penicillin
Awarded to a physician-scientist whose body of research exhibits outstanding achievement in medical science as demonstrated by works of lasting significance United States: Palo Alto Longevity Prize: Joon Yun: Encourage teams from all over the world to compete in an all-out effort to "hack the code" that regulates our health and lifespan United ...
Biruni is one of the best-known early physicists . Abu sahl Al-Quhi – İran (born 940) Xiaoyi Bao – Canada; Mani Lal Bhaumik – United States (born 1931) Tom Baehr-Jones – United States (born 1980) John Norris Bahcall – United States (1934–2005) Gilbert Ronald Bainbridge – U.K. (1925–2003) Cornelis Bakker – Netherlands (1904 ...
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We salute 10 of the most remarkable television doctors, from Dr. Kildare to Doogie Howser, M.D.
Moshe Gueron (1926–2017), best known for his pioneering research about human heart influences in result of scorpion sting. Gavril Ilizarov (1921–1992), Russian orthopedic surgeon who invented the procedure to lengthen or reshape limb bones. Walter Lawrence Jr. (1925–2021), surgical oncologist and leader in civil rights health equity efforts
Year Image Laureate Nationality Rationale Ref 1901 Emil von Behring (1854–1917) Germany "for his work on serum therapy, especially its application against diphtheria, by which he has opened a new road in the domain of medical science and thereby placed in the hands of the physician a victorious weapon against illness and deaths"
John Carpenter is known best for crafting one of the greatest villains of all time with Michael Myers, but he also created a memorable hero in "Big Trouble in Little China.". For this late 1980s ...