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Medical Journeys: Traveling Scholars from the 19th and 20th Centuries

Did you know that Washington University's medical school has been pulling researchers and faculty from across the globe for more than 2 centuries? Explore the map to discover some places of note for the traveling scholars who spent time in St. Louis. Or, if you click on one of the portraits beneath the map, you can find short biographies and additional information about some of our amazing traveling scholars from centuries past.

sepia image of man seated in a chair holding glasses Frederick Ernst Baumgarten (1810-1869)
<p>Frederick Baumgarten, circa 1860</p>
sepia portrait of a man in glasses with a beard Gustav Baumgarten (1837-1910)
<p>Gustav Baumgarten, 1894</p>
sepia portrait of man wearing glasses with a neat beard Louis Charles Cherot Boislinière (1816-1896)
<p>Louis <span class="selected-page">Boislini&egrave;re, circa 1880</span></p>
black and white portrait of a man wearing glasses holding a smoking pipe Jacques J. Bronfenbrenner (1883-1953)
<p>Jacques Bronfenbrenner, circa 1930</p>
black and white portrait of a seated woman wearing formal dress and holding a paper fan Helen B. Burch (1906-1987)
<p>Helen Burch, circa 1948</p>
black and white portrait of a bearded man seated at a desk with a Sikh turban Kehar Singh Chouké (1885-1967)
<p><span class="selected-page">Kehar Singh Chouk&eacute;</span></p>
black and white portrait of a man in a three piece suit Carl F. Cori (1896-1984)
<p>Carl Cori</p>
black and white portrait of a seated woman with her head turned to the left and smiling slightly Gerty T. Cori (1896-1957)
<p>Gerty Cori</p>
black and white headshot portrait of a man wearing a striped tie E. V. Cowdry (1888-1975)
<p>E.V. Cowdry, circa 1930</p>
black and white headshot portrait of a man with thick rimmed glasses Arpad I. Csapo (1918-1981)
<p>Arpad Csapo, circa 1970</p>
black and white headshot portrait of a man Christian de Duve (1917-2013)
<p>Christian de Duve, circa 1974</p>
black and white portrait of a man in a lab coat with brain scans illuminated behind him Mokhtar H. Gado (1931-2016)
<p>Mokhtar Gado, circa 1992</p>
sepia headshot portrait of a man in a three piece suit and tie Max A. Goldstein (1870-1941)
<p>Max Goldstein, circa 1920</p>
sepia portrait of a man with wire rimmed glasses Harvey J. Howard (1880-1956)
<p>Harvey Howard, circa 1920</p>
black and white portrait of young man in three quarter profile John Esben Kirk (1905-1975)
<p>John Esben Kirk, circa 1930</p>
warm hued portrait of a man with a dotted tie Luis F. Leloir (1906-1987)
<p>Luis Leloir, circa 1976</p>
black and white portrait of a woman in a lab coat leaning on her hand Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909-2012)
<p>Rita Levi-Montalcini, circa 1963</p>
black and white portrait of a man with a mustache holding a pair of glasses in one hand Leo Loeb (1869-1959)
<p>Leo Loeb, circa 1925</p>
black and white photograph of a woman holding a tray of supplies and wearing a checkered dress Virginia Minnich (1910-1996)
<p>Virginia Minnich, 1951</p>
A man wearing glasses holds a piece of lab equipment up by his chest Aubrey R. Morrison (b. 1943)
<p>Aubrey Morrison</p>
black and white portrait of a man looking into the camera wearing a suit and a striped shirt Severo Ochoa (1905-1993)
<p>Severo Ochoa, 1976</p>
black and white portrait of a man with a mustache seated at a desk and wearing a plaid sport coat Carlos A. Perez (1934-2023)
<p>Carlos Perez</p>
sepia portrait of a man with a mustache wearing a three piece suit August Carl Schulenburg (1879-1964)
<p>August Schulenburg, circa 1906</p>
image of a man and woman seated at a table with lab equipment and microscopes in front of them Ruth Silberberg (1906-1997) and Martin Silberberg (1895-1966)
<p>Ruth and Martin Silberberg, 1949</p>
black and white head shot portrait of a man wearing glasses and a bowtie Paul H. Stevenson (1890-1971)
<p>Paul Stevenson, circa 1930</p>
black and white portrait of a young woman with russian writing below the photograph Valentina Suntzeff (1891-1975)
<p>Valentina Suntzeff, 1911</p>
black and white portrait of a man in a lab coat leaning on an examination table in front of an mri machine Michel M. Ter-Pogossian (1925-1996)
<p>Michel Ter-Pogossian, 1983</p>
black and white head shot portrait of a woman in three quarter profile Kirsten Utheim Toverud (1890-1949)
<p>Kirsten Utheim Toverud, circa 1930</p>
black and white head shot portrait of a woman Mildred Trotter (1899-1991)
<p>Mildred Trotter, 1950</p>
black and white photograph of a man seated at a desk wearing a three piece suit and writing with a pencil Hiromu Tsuchiya (1887-1971)
<p>Hiromu Tsuchiya, 1935</p>
black and white portrait of a man with a mustache wearing a lab coat and bow time with glasses hanging around his neck Emil R. Unanue (1934-2022)
<p>Emil Unanue, 1985</p>
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