Medicine
| Alumni | Class year | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hupp, JohnJohn Hupp | 1844 !Washington 1844 | Prominent physician in Wheeling, West Virginia, pioneering the use of chloral hydrate for treatment of puerperal mania; served as Supervisor of Ohio County, West Virginia, instituting educational reforms to expand free schooling to African American children; studied medicine under Francis Julius LeMoyne | |
| Lazear, JesseJesse Lazear | 1888† | American physician; confirmed that yellow fever was transmitted via mosquito by infecting himself with the disease; transferred to Johns Hopkins University after two years | |
| Letterman, JonathanJonathan Letterman | 1849 !Jefferson 1849 | American surgeon known as the "Father of Battlefield Medicine" | |
| Slamon, DennisDennis Slamon | 1962 | American oncologist and chief of the division of Hematology-Oncology at UCLA; best known for research identifying the HER2/neu oncogene that is amplified in 25–33% of breast cancer patients and the resulting treatment Herceptin |
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Famous quotes containing the word medicine:
“God isn’t compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your choice. Our civilization has chosen machinery and medicine and happiness.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
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—Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)
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—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)