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Leaders in Medicine chronicles the fascinating lives and achievements of remarkable female scientists and physicians around the world. Fascinating backgrounder boxes add interesting information about such topics as France and Switzerland during WWII, the IVSP - the model for the American Peace Corps, dyslexia, the Nobel Prize, lead poisoning, blue babies, the banning of thalidomide, and much more. Major profiles include: - Gerty Cori - biochemist and researcher - Alice Hamilton - pathologist - Elizabeth Kübler-Ross - psychiatrist - Maria Montessori - physician and educator - Anne Spoerry - physician - Helen Taussig - pediatric cardiologist - plus brief highlights of a dozen other women