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Segev, Dorry

Dorry Segev

Israeli-born surgeon

James D. Hardy

American surgeon

DeBakey, Michael

Michael DeBakey

American surgeon

Murray, Joseph E.

Joseph E. Murray

American physiologist

Christiaan Barnard

Christiaan Barnard

South African surgeon

Alexis Carrel.

Alexis Carrel

French surgeon, sociologist, and biologist

Ross Granville Harrison

American zoologist

Peter B. Medawar, 1960.

Sir Peter B. Medawar

British zoologist

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