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Albert Schweitzer, humanitarian, medical missionary, philosopher, author, musician and theologian, died on this date in 1965 in what is now Gabon, Africa.
On this date in 1931, chemists discovered that the pituitary gland contains a hormone, hGH, that controls growth.
On this date in 1952, the deep-chill technique was used for the first time in surgery.
Henry Gray published the first edition of the book as, "A Systemic Treatise on Anatomy," on this date in 1858.
Two brothers who grew up in Pennsylvania's Amish country played an active role in medicine in the 19th century.
In Boston on this date in 1918, the first case of the second U.S. wave of deadly Spanish influenza occurred.
Alchemy, the medieval theory that base metals could be chemically changed into gold, was widely accepted until Antoine Laurent Lavoisier disproved the theory in the 18th century.
One of a small number of surgeons to win the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was born on this date in 1841.
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