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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. |
American surgeon Henry Swan II pioneered the use of hypothermia--cooling patients to a very low body temperature--to make possible the first open-heart surgeries. |