Smithsonian Magazine on MSN1d
The Nation’s First Black Female Doctor Blazed a Path for Women in Medicine. But She Was Left Out of the Story for Decades
After earning a medical degree in 1864, Rebecca Lee Crumpler died in obscurity and was buried without a headstone ...
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'Blatant Racism': Clinic Labels Black Woman’s Medical Sample ‘King Kong’
A California clinic has sparked outrage online after labeling a Black woman's medical sample "King Kong." In a now-viral ...
New 3D technology could soon bring surgeons closer to patients in Africa’s most remote regions
A groundbreaking initiative could soon be bringing surgeons closer to patients in Africa's remote corners where the doctor-to ...
A young Black scientist discovered a pivotal leprosy treatment in the 1920s − but an older colleague took the credit
Hansen’s disease, also called leprosy, is treatable today – and that’s partly thanks to a curious tree and the work of a ...