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Dorothy Reed Mendenhall, MD — pediatric medicine, research (cellular pathology), public health

Courtesy Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College

Dr. Dorothy Reed Mendenhall (1874–1964) proved that Hodgkin’s lymphoma was not a form of tuberculosis and discovered the Reed-Sternberg cell, a diagnostic marker of the disease.

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