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This site celebrates twentieth-century leaders in biomedical research and public health. It makes the archival collections of prominent scientists, physicians, and others who have advanced the scientific enterprise available to the public through modern digital technology.

Featuring: The Victor A. McKusick Papers

[Victor McKusick]. [ca. 1990s]. Victor A. McKusick, an innovative clinician, medical educator, and researcher, was widely considered to be the founding father of medical genetics.
[Barbara McClintock in lab]. 26 March 1947. Biomedical Research
Christian B. Anfinsen | Oswald T. Avery | Julius Axelrod | Paul Berg | Francis Crick | Rosalind Franklin | Donald S. Fredrickson | Michael Heidelberger | Arthur Kornberg | Joshua Lederberg | Salvador E. Luria | Barbara McClintock | Victor A. McKusick | Marshall W. Nirenberg | Linus Pauling | Martin Rodbell | Florence R. Sabin | Maxine Singer | Sol Spiegelman | Albert Szent-Gyorgyi | Harold Varmus
[C. Everett Koop examining an infant]. [ca. 1974]. Health & Medicine
Virginia Apgar | Edward D. Freis | C. Everett Koop | Wilbur A. Sawyer | Fred L. Soper | Reports of the Surgeon General | Visual Culture and Health
[Meeting of the National Advisory Council on Regional Medical Programs] photo by Edward A. Hubbard Fostering Science & Health
Alan Gregg | Mary Lasker | Regional Medical Programs

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Latest addition: January 31, 2009