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  2. Physicians in the United States - Wikipedia

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    As of 2018, there were over 985,000 practicing physicians in the United States. 90.6% have an MD degree, and 76% were educated in the United States. 64% were male. 82% were licensed in a medical specialty. 22% held active licenses in two or more states. [ 8][ 10] The percentage of females skews younger. In 2018, 33% of female physicians were ...

  3. History of United States drug prohibition - Wikipedia

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    1919: Alcohol prohibition in the U.S. first appeared under numerous provincial bans and was eventually codified under a federal constitutional amendment in 1919, having been approved by 36 of the 48 U.S. states. 1925: United States supported regulation of cannabis as a drug in the International Opium Convention.

  4. List of Vietnam War films - Wikipedia

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    The film deals with the Vietnam War and the resulting social tensions between those who support and oppose the war in small-town America. 1989 US The Iron Triangle: Eric Weston: Viet Cong soldier protects captured GI who spared his life. 1989 US, Philippines The Siege of Firebase Gloria: Brian Trenchard-Smith

  5. Category:Medical doctors by specialty - Wikipedia

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    Pain management physicians ‎ (2 C, 4 P) Palliative care physicians ‎ (1 C, 9 P) Pathologists ‎ (13 C, 7 P) Pediatricians ‎ (9 C, 7 P) Pharmacologists ‎ (8 C, 15 P) Prison physicians ‎ (4 P) Psychiatrists ‎ (11 C, 47 P) Public health doctors ‎ (3 C, 9 P) Pulmonologists ‎ (3 C, 3 P)

  6. List of physicians - Wikipedia

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    Theodor Kocher (1841–1917) — thyroid surgery; first surgeon to win the Nobel Prize. Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec (1781–1826) — inventor of the stethoscope. Janet Lane-Claypon (1877–1967) — pioneer of epidemiology. Thomas Linacre (1460–1524) — founder of Royal College of Physicians.

  7. History of medicine in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In New York, the medical department of King's College was established in 1767, and in 1770, awarded the first American M.D. degree. [ 13] Smallpox inoculation was introduced 1716–1766, well before it was accepted in Europe. The first medical schools were established in Philadelphia in 1765 and New York in 1768.

  8. List of ambassadors of the United States to Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    The United States ambassador to Vietnam (Vietnamese: Đại sứ Hoa Kỳ tại Việt Nam) is the chief American diplomat to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. After the First Indochina War and the defeat of the French domination over Vietnam, the country was split into North and South Vietnam (the Republic of Vietnam) at the Geneva Conference ...

  9. United States in the Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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    Portal. v. t. e. United States involvement in the Vietnam War began shortly after the end of World War II in Asia, first in an extremely limited capacity and escalating over a period of 20 years. The U.S. military presence peaked in April 1969, with 543,000 American military personnel stationed in Vietnam. [ 1]