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Advances in Medicine
1938
Enriching White Flour
Improving the nutritional value of white flour.
1945
Steps Towards Disciplined Drug Evaluation
Establishing the first disciplined scientific laboratory principles of medical drug evaluation.
1957
Circular Nursing Units
Using design to improve patient care.
1966
Dr. Leonard Kurland -- Rochester Epidemiology Project
Building a system for medical research to support hundreds of studies.
1960s-1970s
Telemedicine at Mayo
Pushing the boundaries of technology to improve medical communications.
1969
First FDA-approved Total Hip Replacement
Using new procedure to help thousands of arthritis sufferers.
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