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Also Known As Georges-Fernand-Isidore Widal
Born March 9, 1862 • Algeria
Died January 14, 1929 (aged 66) • Paris • France
Subjects Of Study Bright disease • edema • unconjugated jaundice
Sir Almroth Edward Wright
British bacteriologist and immunologist
Theiler, Max
Max Theiler
American microbiologist
Gerhard Domagk
Gerhard Domagk
German scientist
Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist
René Laënnec
French physician
Nicolle, Charles-Jules-Henri
Charles-Jules-Henri Nicolle
French bacteriologist
Alexis Carrel.
Alexis Carrel
French surgeon, sociologist, and biologist
André F. Cournand
American physiologist
Émile Roux
Émile Roux
French bacteriologist
Pierre-Fidèle Bretonneau
French physician
David Bruce
British physician
Helmholtz.
Hermann von Helmholtz
German scientist and philosopher
Robert Koch.
Robert Koch
German bacteriologist
Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner
English surgeon
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming
Scottish bacteriologist
Walter Reed
Walter Reed
American pathologist and bacteriologist
William Withering
William Withering
English physician
William Budd
English physician
Jonas Salk; polio vaccine
Jonas Salk
American physician and medical researcher
Rosalyn S. Yalow at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, Dec. 14, 1977.
Rosalyn S. Yalow
American medical physicist