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All supplies and equipments sent to Poland were purchased at various companies around New York City, centralized at the warehouse, and then shipped to Poland.

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Rev. Howard Brooks was the USC associate director who communicated frequently with Dorothea Jones during the hospital project.

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X-ray had become such a critical piece of equipment since WWI that it was one of the first pieces of equipment that needed to be imported to the hospital. Just a few decades earlier, Röntgen rays (X-ray) was discovered in 1895, and the phenomenon…

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Dorothea Jones was an American young woman from Beacon Hill, MA who, after being turned down by UNRRA, started working for the USC's French Office under Noel Field. She was appointed a member of the Polish Medical Team that, starting in 1944,…

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Dr. Opalski was one of the original members of the team, an assistant physician to the director, Dr. Bruk.

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Photograph in the USC committee, the Polish Medical Team started their work with visiting various DP camps in 1945, helping Polish DPs return to Poland.

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Marie Curie was a famed Polish-born, French-naturalized scientist who studied radiology and was awarded two Nobel Prizes for her work on radium and for the discovery of two elements, radium and polonium (named after Poland). She contributed, and…

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Nicholas Copernicus is heavily featured in Polish history of science and medicine, his greatest contribution is arguably formulating the hypothesis that the earth revolves around the sun.
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