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Born August 30, 1859 • Maryland
Died March 29, 1954 (aged 94) • Los Angeles • California
Subjects Of Study prenatal care
Gertie F. Marx
American physician
Harry Benjamin
American endocrinologist and sexologist
Joycelyn Elders
Joycelyn Elders
American physician and government official
Cleveland, Emeline Horton
Emeline Horton Cleveland
American physician
Marie Elizabeth Zakrzewska
Marie Elizabeth Zakrzewska
American physician
Andrew V. Schally
Andrew V. Schally
American endocrinologist
Pincus, Gregory
Gregory Pincus
American endocrinologist
Walter Channing
American physician
Patrick Steptoe
British gynecologist
Simpson, Sir James Young, 1st Baronet
Sir James Young Simpson, 1st Baronet
Scottish physician
Soranus Of Ephesus
Greek physician
Peter Chamberlen, the Elder
French surgeon
William B. Castle
American physician
Carl Cori
American biochemist
Gerty Cori
American biochemist
Karl Augustus Menninger
American physician
Charles Frederick Menninger
American physician
William James Mayo
American physician
William Worrall Mayo
American physician
William Claire Menninger
American physician