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1. Adler, Deborah

   Learn about this visual designer who developed an easier-to-use prescription bottle.

   http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/adlerd.html

   
   

2. Apgar, Virginia

   Read about this medical pioneer who invented a system for rating a newborn baby's health, known as the Apgar Score.

   http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/apgar.html

   
   

3. Ballard, Martha

   Read the diary of this midwife from Hallowell, Maine. See how her colonial life fit into the beginnings of modern medicine and other important changes. Includes historic maps.

   http://www.dohistory.com/martha/

   
   

4. Banting, Frederick

   Co-discovered the hormone insulin.

   /directory/Science-and-Nature/History-of-Science/Medicine/Medical-Pioneers/Banti...

   
   

5. Bath, Patricia

   Read a biography of this African-American woman doctor who invented the Laserphaco Probe, a laser tool that vaporizes eye cataracts.

   http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/bath.html

   
   

6. Berry, David

   Learn about this researcher's use of a protein called FGF2 to help limit brain tissue damage in stroke victims.

   http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/berry.html

   
   

7. Blackwell, Elizabeth

   First woman in the U.S. to earn a medical degree in 1849.

   /directory/Science-and-Nature/History-of-Science/Medicine/Medical-Pioneers/Black...

   
   

8. Carson, Benjamin

   /directory/Science-and-Nature/History-of-Science/Medicine/Medical-Pioneers/Carso...

   
   

9. Changing the Face of Medicine

   Discover the many ways that women have influenced and enhanced the practice of medicine. You can read about the accomplishments of selected physicians, try some neat activities, or learn how to become a doctor yourself.

   http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/

   
   

10. @Curie, Marie

    Physicist and Nobel Prize winner in 1903 and 1911.

    /directory/Science-and-Nature/Physical-Sciences/Physics/Physicists/Curie--Marie

    
    

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