History

October 8th Argentinian immunologist and molecular biologist who shared the 1984 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. “theories concerning... the...

October 6th American scientist who developed the protein substance used for the tuberculosis skin test, and contributed to safety measures...

October 5th Dutch physicist who (working with Georg von Hevesy) discovered the element hafnium by skillfully applying Moseley's method of...

October 4th English epidemiologist who demonstrates the connection between foetal X-rays and childhood leukemia. Her research demonstrated greater danger from...

October 3rd Irish cardiologist who developed the life-saving portable defibrillator. He found out that death occurred within the first hour for 60%...

October 2nd • He was a biochemist who discovered lysosomes and peroxisomes. • Lysosomes are used in defense mechanisms, against...

October 1st • Jerome Seymour Bruner was an American psychologist who pioneered techniques for investigating infant cognition. • His investigations...

September 30th Her first experimental work involved childhood diarrhea and confirmed previous studies on dysentery of bacilli with the disease....

September 29th Born September 29, 1903; died February 5, 1973 at the age of 69. John Heysham Gibbon was an...

September 28th •He and Thomas Addison taught at Guy's on "The Theory and Practice of Medicine" for twenty years. •...