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NurseFlorence Nightingale
Helping establish modern professional nursing.
MicrobiologistAlexander Fleming
Discovering penicillin’s antibacterial effect.
PhysicianEdward Jenner
Developing smallpox vaccination using material from cowpox.
MicrobiologistSelman Waksman
Leading the soil-microbe research programme that produced streptomycin.