1913 in Science - Medicine

Medicine

  • Nikolay Anichkov first demonstrates the significance and role of cholesterol in atherosclerosis pathogenesis.
  • Albert Schweitzer sets up the Albert Schweitzer Hospital at Lambaréné in French Equatorial Africa.

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