Medicine Honorees

“She reacheth forth her hands to the needy” – Proverbs 31:20

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HENRIETTA SZOLD (1860-1945), FOUNDER OF HADASSAH HOSPITAL
LILLIAN WALD (1867-1940), FOUNDER VISITING NURSE SERVICE
DR. BÉLA SCHICK (1877-1967), DEVELOPER OF SCHICK TEST FOR DIPHTHERIA
GERTRUDE ELION (1918-1999), BIOCHEMIST
JONAS SALK (1914-1995), DEVELOPER OF POLIO VACCINE