Charles Kelman Eye surgery pioneer
He turned a horribly painful surgery into a simple outpatient procedure.
From This is True for 30 May 2004
medicine
Doctors, surgeons, and other medical practitioners. Researchers are usually under research.
Richard Lynn Varco Surgeon
A heart surgeon who wouldn’t stop there.
From This is True for 2 May 2004
Gertie Marx Obstetric anesthesiology pioneer
A doctor, Marx came up with the epidural block for childbirth.
From This is True for 25 January 2004
Peter Safar CPR creator
Safar invented CPR, among other cogs in the same wheel.
From This is True for 3 August 2003
Paul Wilson Brand Hand surgeon
Brand was a pioneering hand surgeon, and passed his knowledge on.
From This is True for 6 July 2003
Charles Janeway Jr Immunologist
Janeway studied the human immune system.
From This is True for 13 April 2003
Arthur C. Guyton Medical researcher
“What most of us know about hypertension and congestive heart failure, that man did it.”
From This is True for 30 March 2003
Gilbert W. Beebe Radiation expert
A medical researcher with incredible vision.
From This is True for 9 March 2003
Herman Feifel Death psychologist
Feifel discovered that the group that feared death the most was doctors, which was causing their patients harm.
From This is True for 19 January 2003
Nancy Caroline Paramedic author
Dr. Caroline wrote the textbook that trained paramedics from that profession’s very beginnings.
From This is True for 15 December 2002