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1866–1927, English physiologist, b. India. He was professor (1899–1923) at University College, London. He was an authority on heart action and cir...
(s r ´n s) (KEY) , fl. 1st–2d cent. A.D., Greek physician, probably b. Ephesus. He is believed to have practiced in Alexandria and in Rome and was ...
( g´näts f ´l p z m´ lv s) (KEY) , 1818–65, Hungarian physician. He was a pioneer in employing asepsis. While on the staff of the general hospit...
1781–1861, American jurist, b. Barnstable, Mass. After a career in the Massachusetts state legislature, Shaw served as chief justice for the supreme...
(b ´l sh k) (KEY) , 1877–1967, American pediatrician, b. Hungary, M.D. Karl Franz Univ., Graz, 1900. After having taught at the Univ. of Vienna (1...
Qur’anic non-biblical prophet, sent to the people of Thamud in Arabia. His call for monotheism is said to have been met with scorn and rejection. Ha...