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The FItzpatrick Factor

The Irish of Medical History

By Irish America Staff
August / September 2013

August 1, 2013 by 1 Comment

The history of medicine spans millennia – from before the invention in 5th century Greece of the Hippocratic oath, which doctors still take to this day, to the life-changing breakthroughs of the 21st century. The following pages share the stories of some of the most important, illustrious and idiosyncratic Irish and Irish Americans in the history of medicine, from the inventor … [Read more...] about The Irish of Medical History

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