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Mary Malahlela-Xakana (2 May 1916 – 8 May 1981) [1] was the first Black woman to register as a medical doctor in South Africa (in 1947). She was also a founding member of the Young Women’s Christian Association. [2] [3]
James McCune Smith (April 18, 1813 – November 17, 1865) was an American physician, apothecary, abolitionist and author.He was the first African American to earn a medical degree.
Madeline Nyamwanza-Makonese is the first Zimbabwean female doctor, the second African woman to become a doctor, and the first African woman to graduate from the University of Rhodesia Medical School. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She graduated from the University of Rhodesia Medical School in 1970. [ 2 ]
1084 – First documented hospital in England Canterbury [17] d. 1087 – Constantine the African [18] 1083 – 1153 – Anna Komnene, Latinized as Comnena; 1095 – Congregation of the Antonines, was founded to treat victims of "St. Anthony's fire" a skin disease. [17] Late 11th or early 12th century – Trotula [31]
The terms African civilizations, also classical African civilizations, or African empires are terms that generally refer to the various pre-colonial African kingdoms.The civilizations usually include Egypt, Carthage, Axum, [1] Numidia, and Nubia, [1] but may also be extended to the prehistoric Land of Punt and others: Kingdom of Dagbon, the Empire of Ashanti, Kingdom of Kongo, Empire of Mali ...
The Great Rift Valley of Africa provides critical evidence for the evolution of early hominins.The earliest tools in the world can be found there as well: An unidentified hominin, possibly Australopithecus afarensis or Kenyanthropus platyops, created stone tools dating to 3.3 million years ago at Lomekwi in the Turkana Basin, eastern Africa.
Originally founded to measure projectiles for the defense industry, FlightScope is a global high-tech company and world leader in the development and manufacturing of 3D Doppler Ball Tracking Monitors, Golf Radars & Launch Monitors for sports. The company was the first worldwide to create a launch monitor capable of tracking a golf ball.
The incubator is recorded being used to hatch bird and reptile eggs. It lets the fetus inside the egg grow without the mother needing to be present to provide the warmth. Chicken eggs are recorded to hatch after about 21 days, but other species of birds can take a longer or shorter amount of time. [10] Incubators are also used to raise birds. [11]