Orvan Hess 2002 Deaths
Orvan Hess
Age: 96pioneering obstetrician and gynecologist who, in 1942, became the first physician to successfully use penicillin clincially when he treated a woman on the verge of death from scarlet fever. Then, in 1957, he developed the first fetal heart monitor with Dr. Edward Hon.
Died: New Haven, Conn., Sept. 6, 2002Richard Helms | G - L | Thor Heyerdahl |