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Welcome to the National Library of Medicine's Profiles in
Science® site!
This site celebrates twentieth-century leaders in biomedical
research and public health. It makes the archival collections
of prominent scientists, physicians, and others who have
advanced the scientific enterprise available to the public
through modern digital technology.
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Featuring: The Henry Swan Papers
![[Portrait of Henry Swan]. [ca. 1981].](https://cybercemetery.unt.edu/archive/oilspill/20120915113836im_/http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/access/HPBBCG~.png) American surgeon Henry Swan II pioneered
the use of hypothermia--cooling
patients to a very low
body temperature--to make possible
the first open-heart surgeries.
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![[Barbara McClintock in lab]. 26 March 1947.](https://cybercemetery.unt.edu/archive/oilspill/20120915113836im_/http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/access/LLBBPP~.png)
![[C. Everett Koop examining an infant]. [ca. 1974].](https://cybercemetery.unt.edu/archive/oilspill/20120915113836im_/http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/access/QQBDPX~.png)
![[Meeting of the National Advisory Council on Regional Medical Programs]. [ca. 9 February 1966].](https://cybercemetery.unt.edu/archive/oilspill/20120915113836im_/http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/access/RMBBCM~.png)