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Pioneers in Reproductive Medicine: Fritz Fuchs, MD
on September 13, 2019

Dr. Fritz Fuchs was an internationally known obstetrician and gynecologist who, along with his colleague, Povi Riis, was the first to use amniocentesis for detecting the sex of a fetus in Demark in 1955. This...
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New Exhibition! Dr. Henry Heimlich: Maneuvering His Way into Medical History
on November 19, 2018

President Ronald Reagan. New York City Mayor Ed Koch. Actress Elizabeth Taylor. The Heimlich maneuver is credited with saving the lives of these and many others since its invention by Dr. Henry Heimlich in...
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Heberden Society Lecture
on September 7, 2018

THE HEBERDEN SOCIETY LECTURE: PROMOTING INTEREST IN THE HISTORY OF MEDICINEThe New York Academy of Medicine, Center for the History of Medicine and Public Health and The Heberden Society, Weill Cornell...
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Heberden Society: Dale Smith: World War I
on March 29, 2018

Dale C. Smith, Ph.D., Professor of Military Medicine & History, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, will present the next Heberden society lecture on "American Medicine Supports the Great...
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