Christian Fenger
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Christian Fenger was a Danish-born surgeon, pathologist, and medical instructor. In the later half of his life, he worked at several medical institutions in Chicago, and became one of the most highly
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Fenger's grave at Graceland Cemetery
Ludvig Hektoen
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Ludvig Hektoen was an American pathologist known for his work in the fields of pathology, microbiology and immunology. Hektoen was appointed to the National Academy of Sciences in 1918, and served as
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…popular, and over the years, he trained several prominent physicians, including William James Mayo, Charles Horace Mayo, Nicholas Senn, James B. Herrick, Ludvig Hektoen, and Howard Taylor Ricketts. In Chicago, Fenger helped demonstrate the bacterial origins of endocarditis and developed techniques for cleft palate…
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