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Had he lived to be a hundred and twenty, Waldemar Haffkine would have died this year. He was born in 1860, into the generation of men who found the means to prevent or cure rabies, typhoid, malaria, and yellow fever.


About the Authors

Edythe Lutzker and Carol Jochnowitz have each written a book on women in medicine. They are currently collaborating on a full-length biography of Waldemar Haffkine.

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