DR. FLORENCE SIEBERT
Posted by: unimoggers
N 40° 41.575 W 075° 12.434
18T E 482490 N 4504689
The birth site of the renowned chemist.
Waymark Code: WM4NP
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 12/07/2005
Views: 16
Marker Text:
Birth site of the renowned biochemist. In spite of the handicap of polio, she developed in the 1920s a safe process for intravenous therapy. Later, in 1934, she refined the tuberculin skin test that was ultimately adopted worldwide.
Marker Name: Dr. Florence Siebert
County: Northampton
Date Dedicated: 11/15/1993
Marker Type: City
Location: 73 N 2nd St., Easton
Category: Women, Professions & Vocations, Medicine & Science
Website: [Web Link]
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