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Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564)
An anatomist whose detailed maps of the human body advanced medical understanding and challenged the Galenic theory that cancer was caused by black bile.
Andreas Vesalius
A Biography of Cancer
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Cast of Characters
- Alfred Gilman
- Alfred Knudson
- Andreas Vesalius
- Atossa
- Austin Bradford Hill
- Axel Ullrich
- Barry Marshall
- Baruch Blumberg
- Bernard Fisher
- Bert Vogelstein
- Brian Druker
- Bruce Ames
- Cecily Saunders
- Charles Huggins
- Clarence Cook Little
- Claudius Galen
- David Baltimore
- Dennis Slamon
- Donald Pinkel
- Elwood Jensen
- Emil Frei
- Emil Freireich
- Ernst Wynder
- Evarts Graham
- Geoffrey Keynes
- George Barney Crile
- George Beatson
- George Papanicolaou
- Gianni Bonadonna
- Gordon Zubrod
- Harold Varmus
- Henry Kaplan
- Howard Skipper
- Howard Temin
- Imhotep
- J. Michael Bishop
- Janet Rowley
- Jimmy (Einar Gustafson)
- John Bailar
- John Banzhaf
- John Cairns
- Joseph Lister
- Lester Breslow
- Louis Goodman
- Luther Terry
- Maggie Kewswick Jencks
- Marc Edell
- Marti Nelson
- Mary (“Moya”) Cole
- Mary Claire-King
- Mary Lasker
- Matthew Baillie
- Min Chiu Li
- Nelene Fox
- Oscar Auerbach
- Paul Carbone
- Paul Ehrlich
- Percivall Pott
- Peyton Rous
- Philip Leder
- Richard Doll
- Robert Weinberg
- Rose Cipollone
- Rose Kushner
- Rudolf Virchow
- Sidney Farber
- Sol Spiegelman
- Thad Dryja
- Theodor Billroth
- Theodor Boveri
- Thomas Hodgkin
- Vannevar Bush
- Vincent DeVita
- Werner Bezwoda
- William Peters
- William Stewart Halsted
- Yellapragada Subbarao
- Zhen Yi Wang
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