When The Cancer Act of 1971 was signed into law on December 23 of that year, the United States began an investment that would transform medicine.
When The Cancer Act of 1971 was signed into law on December 23 of that year, the United States began an investment that would transform medicine.
The microscope in the image belonged to William E. Horner, M.D., a collaborator with Caspar Wistar, M.D., in the early 1800s.
Dr. Horner, a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania, was a pioneer of the use of microscopes in anatomical and medical research. He authored Special Anatomy and Histology, a seminal text on the subject.