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Franz Gabriel Alexander, 73, Hungarian-born psychoanalyst, pioneered psychosomatic medicine in the United States, 8 March 1964.

W. Wayne Babcock, 90, physician, involved in the development of spinal anesthesia and introduced a variety of surgical techniques including the use of steel-wire sutures, 23 February 1963.

Louis Hopewell Bauer, 75, cardiologist, pioneered aviation medicine and served as secretary-general of the World Medical Association (1948-1961), 2 February 1964.

Alfred Blalock, 65, surgeon in chief of Johns Hopkins Hospital, codeveloped blue-baby surgery as well as the hand-pump cardiac-resuscitation method, 15 September 1964.

Paul Earle Carlson, 36, missionary doctor, killed by Congolese rebels in Stanleyville, Congo, 24 November 1964.

Frank P. Corrigan, 86, surgeon, diplomat, and first U.S. ambassador to Venezuela, helped prove the feasibility of...

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