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Also Known As medical practice

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Gregg L. Semenza
American physician
Jill Stein
Jill Stein
American politician and physician
James Miranda Barry
Irish doctor
William G. Kaelin, Jr.
American physician and medical researcher
Peter J. Ratcliffe
British physician and scientist
Victor Chang
Victor Chang
Australian surgeon
Vivek Murthy
Vivek Murthy
physician and government official
A Book of Medical Discourses in Two Parts by Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Rebecca Lee Crumpler
American physician
Helmholtz.
Hermann von Helmholtz
German scientist and philosopher
William Harvey
William Harvey
English physician
The Canon of Medicine
Avicenna
Persian philosopher and scientist
Rudolf Virchow
Rudolf Virchow
German scientist
Galen of Pergamum
Galen
Greek physician
Paracelsus
Paracelsus
German-Swiss physician
Robert Koch.
Robert Koch
German bacteriologist
Moses Maimonides
Moses Maimonides
Jewish philosopher, scholar, and physician
Hippocrates
Hippocrates
Greek physician
Joseph Lister
Joseph Lister
British surgeon and medical scientist
Galvani, Luigi
Luigi Galvani
Italian physician and physicist
Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner
English surgeon

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