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Jean Zuléma Amussat
French surgeon, born November 21, 1796, Saint-Maixent, Département des Deux-Sèvres; died May 13, 1856.
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Hermann Coenen
German surgeon, born November 21, 1875, Tecklenburg in Teutoburger Wald, Westfalen; died December 7, 1956, Münster, Westfalen.
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Jonas Edward Salk
American medical scientist, born October 28, 1914, New York City; died June 23, 1995, La Jolla, California.
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