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Thomas Raphael Verny (1936– )
By: Carrie Keller
| Published: Jul 31, 2019
During the twentieth century, Thomas Raphael Verny studied the way that environment affects a developing fetus’s character and psychological…
PeoplePrenatal CarePrenatal EducationPrenatal care--UtilizationFetal behavior
James Marion Sims (1813-1883)
By: Amanda Andrei
| Published: Apr 08, 2013
James Marion Sims developed a surgical cure for ruptures of the wall separating the bladder from the vagina during labor, ruptures called vesico-…
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Sir Graham Collingwood Liggins (1926-2010)
By: Kathleen O'Connor
| Published: Feb 16, 2012
Sir Graham Collingwood Liggins devoted much of his professional life to obstetric research. Liggins demonstrated that hormones created by the fetus…
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