Born southern Germany.
It appears that Pettenkofer's successes in pioneering hygiene were sheer luck and his recognition on the frieze at the LSHTM is unmerited. But his biography on the picture source web site is worth a read.
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Max von Pettenkofer
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Royal Marsden Hospital
"Now gentlemen, I want to found a hospital for the treatment of cancer, and for the study of the disease, for at the present time we know absolutely nothing about it." - Dr William Marsden - 1851. ...
2 memorials
Dr. William Hunter
William Hunter was born on 23 May 1718 at Long Calderwood, East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, the seventh child of John Hunter (1673-1741) and Agnes Hunter née Paul (1691-1751). William H...
2 memorials
Association of Women Pharmacists
The Pharmaceutical Journal has "a short history of pharmacy and women".
1 memorial
Sir Jonathan Hutchinson
Surgeon and pathologist. He was born on 23 July 1828 in Selby, Yorkshire and our picture source gives a biography of his life. He died, aged 84 years, on 23 June 1913 in Haslemere, Surrey and was ...
1 memorial
Redesign and re-opening of Memorial Park at Guy's Hospital
Re-designed in 1992. The arch was moved in 1994.
2 memorials