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Fe Villanueva del Mundo, OLD ONS GCGH, (born Fé Primitiva del Mundo y Villanueva; 27 November 1911 – 6 August 2011 [1]) was a Filipino pediatrician. She founded the first pediatric hospital in the Philippines and is known for shaping the modern child healthcare system in the Philippines.
Fe del Mundo (1911–2011), Philippines – medical incubator made out of bamboo for use in rural communities without electrical power Colin Murdoch (1929–2008), New Zealand – Tranquillizer gun , disposable hypodermic syringe
Budin is known as the father of modern perinatology, and his seminal work The Nursling (Le Nourisson in French) became the first major publication to deal with the care of the neonate. [15] The incubator was improved in 1890 in Marseilles by Alexandre Lion, who founded in 1891 the Œuvre Maternelle des Couveuses d'Enfants in Nice and in January ...
Using laparoscopy, he collected the ova from volunteering infertile women who saw his place as their last hope to achieve a pregnancy. Purdy began her work with Steptoe and Edwards as a lab technician. [8] She played a significant and increasingly vital role, to the extent that, when she took time off to care for her sick mother, work had to pause.
This recognition of his works led to his appointment as the Secretary of Health by Philippine President Elpidio Quirino from 1950 to 1953. He was appointed Chairman of the National Science Development Board, now the Department of Science and Technology , from 1962 to 1965 by President Diosdado Macapagal , and reappointed under President ...
1911 – Birth of Fe del Mundo, Filipino pediatrician and National Scientist 1944 – Death of Leonid Isaakovich Mandelshtam , Russian physicist (b. 1879) 2001 – A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope , the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet
Throughout Couney's career, whenever a midway or fairground closed, Couney attempted to donate his incubators to local hospitals, though his donations were never accepted. [6] By the year of Couney's death in March 1950, incubators had been integrated into public hospitals. [13] Couney is now recognised as a pioneer of early infant care.
Lagmay was born on August 14, 1919 in Manila. His father was an immigrant from Ilocos who works in a pre-war gas company, Sacony. As a child whose family is struggling with poverty, he had a hobby of reading books and diligent study despite discouragement from family members.