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Vera Peters

March 19, 2015

Missed in History podcast on Vera Peters

The Missed in History podcast does an in-depth investigation into Modern Worthy Vera Peters - worth checking out!
Vera Peters (1911-1993)
Mother of the Modern Mastectomy
When she was told to "go do women's work" after upstaging the medical community in her treatment of Hodgkin's disease, Dr. Vera Peters revolutionized breast cancer treatment through years of painstaking, meticulous work.

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