Physiology and Medicine
- John H. Lawrence uses beams of energized neutrons from a particle accelerator to treat a patient with leukemia.
- Drs Philip Levine and Rufus Stetson published a first case report on the clinical consequences of non-recognized Rh factor, hemolytic transfusion reaction and hemolytic disease of the newborn in its most severe form.
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