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Marian Wilkins Ropes, MD — research, education (teaching)

Courtesy The Harvard Medical Library in the Frances A. Countway Library of Medicine

Dr. Marian Wilkins Ropes (1903–1994) once commented that the art of medicine is a subtle one, and more difficult to learn than any volume of medical data. As a trained chemist and esteemed scientist, she was well-known for her laboratory skills, but over 30 years as a professor at Harvard Medical School and as a clinician at Massachusetts General Hospital, she also built an impressive reputation for her teaching and patient care.

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