Edith E. Sproul, M.D. (October 17, 1907 – January 19, 1999) was an American pathologist whose work with Georgios Papanikolaou of the Cornell University Medical School in New York led to the development of the pap smear. Sproul described the relationship between thrombophlebitis and pancreatic cancer and characteristics of early prostatic cancer.
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17 October 1907 Passaic, New Jersey
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Died |
19 January 1999 (aged 91)
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Zodiac | Libra |
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