Henri Minczeles (1926-2017)

Thomas Earl Starzl, MD, PhD (1926–2017): Father of Transplantation

Thomas E. Starzl, MD, PhD, was known to most as the “Father of Transplantation”—he laid the groundwork for an entire new field of medicine. Throughout his career he continued to make among the most significant, landmark advancements, from technically describing and perfecting the many variations of liver surgery, including transplantation, to identifying better ways to control organ rejection, ...

Prof. Dr. Johannes Joseph van Rood (1926‐2017)

Jon was born on April 7, 1926 in Scheveningen, a town situated on the coast of the Netherlands. At the end of the Second World War, he began his medical studies at Leiden University. After finishing these, Jon was active as a ‘house doctor’, and visited many of his patients in the country areas. He considered this as one of the best medical learning experiences of his early career, as he was co...

Charles-Jules-Henri Nicolle

sia. Nicolle's many accomplishments include the discovery that epidemic typhus is transmitted by body lice (Pediculus humanis corporis), discovery of the phenomenon of inap-parent infection, and possibly the first isolation of human influenza virus after experimental transmission. Nicolle made many other fundamental contributions to knowledge of infectious diseases. This year is the centenary o...

Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, 23 June 1926-8 May 2017.

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