…M.D., Ph.D. that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. “Lost Taussigs: The Consequences of Gender Discrimination in Medicine” is about gender-based harassment and discrimination in the medical… […]

Victor A. McKusick, 1977 by Yousuf Karsh Our colleagues at the National Library of Medicine have this photograph of Victor McKusick in their archives, and recently referred The Jackson Laboratory… […]

…the world of medicine, including several Nobel Prize winners. All 15,000+ sittings are searchable on this website. Or search on a keyword such as “medicine” and see who you find!… […]

…the world of medicine, including several Nobel Prize winners. All 15,000+ sittings are searchable on this website. Or search on a keyword such as “medicine” and see who you find!… […]

…the elderly would someday affect everyone, supporters of health care reform were able to avoid the worst fears of “socialized medicine,” which was considered a dirty word for its association… […]

…Aleppo, and although ultimately he chose to pursue a career in medicine in Canada, his devotion to art did not fade. “Despite being a self-taught artist, Tarakdjian has acquired great… […]

…in the New England Journal of Medicine – “Ethics and Clinical Research” – was instrumental in the implementation of federal rules on human experimentation and informed consent. This image will… […]

…that spanned six decades, photographer Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002) created iconic portraits of many of the 20th century’s most influential men and women – from fields as diverse as business, medicine,… […]

…collection of more than 100 portraits, this exhibition features iconic photographs of Americans who have distinguished themselves in fields as diverse as business, medicine, entertainment, politics and the arts. Among… […]

…orbit the Earth. In 1995, Glenn was reading Space Physiology and Medicine, a book written by NASA doctors. He realized that many changes that occur to physical attributes during space… […]

Dr. Baruj Benacerraf, 1988 Baruj Benacerraf was born on this day, October 29, in 1920. He was a Venezuelan-American immunologist, who shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine… […]

…– whether to Zululand, to Japan, to Russia, to Finland, to Scandinavia, to Egypt – we have pursued our joint interests in archaeology, in art, in medicine. She has continued… […]

…talk or attend school was not a relevant profession in the first half of the 20th century. In the male-dominated field of medicine, caring for these children who were certain… […]

…Karsh, Capa had intended to study medicine; instead he joined his brother, Robert Capa, in pursuing photography. Other photographers who sat for Karsh include Harold Edgerton, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Ansel… […]

…Karsh: American Portraits.” The exhibition featured “iconic photographs of Americans who have distinguished themselves in fields as diverse as business, medicine, entertainment, politics, and the arts. Among the portraits to… […]

…stares of the passers-by as they made their way up Madison Avenue. ‘The Greatest’ and I talked about his triumphs, about patent medicine, about the commercials he was making, but… […]

…of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. It was there that he undertook a project to determine the number of different types of poliovirus, starting in 1948. For the next… […]

…discovery, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain. This portrait has been newly added to the website. It was… […]

Dr. Baruj Benacerraf, 1988 Baruj Benacerraf (1920-2011) was a Venezuelan-American immunologist, who shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the “discovery of the major histocompatibility complex genes… […]

…to Russia, to Finland, to Scandinavia, to Egypt – we have pursued our joint interests in archaeology, in art, in medicine. She has continued to write articles on medical history…. […]

…Baylor College of Medicine at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. His career spanned nearly eight decades. He was born on this day, September 7, in 1908 (d. 2008)… […]

…to Russia, to Finland, to Scandinavia, to Egypt – we have pursued our joint interests in archaeology, in art, in medicine. She has continued to write articles on medical history…. […]