Micah's Black History #6

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  1. 2. Was the first company to produce a handheld mobile phone. On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher and executive, made the first mobile telephone call from handheld subscriber equipment, placing a call to Dr. Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs, his rival.
  2. 4. Synthesized physotigmine, a drug used for the treatment of glaucoma.
  3. 5. Developed a way to preserve blood, created the first blood bank, the American Red Cross, and developed a method to efficiently store blood plasma. Also developed a means of preserving blood plasma for transfusion, was a surgeon, medical scientist and educator.
  4. 6. Discovered a technique that allows doctors to monitor the fall of the kidney blood supply following transplant surgery and to give certain amounts of drugs to patients to overcome rejection.
  5. 7. Was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in pathology.
  6. 8. Is a prolific inventor who holds several U.S. patents. In 1971, he co-invented the Gamma-Electric cell with George H. Miley. ... Due to his co-invention of the Gamma-Electric cell, he is mistakenly cited as the inventor of the cell phone.
  7. 9. Was responsible for the Hinton test for syphilis. He also discovered the Davies-Hinton test of blood and spinal fluid.
  8. 10. Was the nation’s first African American psychiatrist and a neurologist.
  9. 12. Maloney discovered an antidote for barbiturate poisoning.
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  1. 1. Was the first African American to serve in the position of Surgeon General of the United States.
  2. 3. A radiologist, was the first African American certified x-ray technician, and established the first and only African American Women’s Army Corps School for x-ray technologists.
  3. 11. Was the first woman to perform open heart surgery.