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WORLD WHO'S WHO
IN SCIENCE
A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF NOTABLE SCIENTISTS
FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT
A Component Volume of
The Marquis Biographical Library
FIRST EDITION
Editor
ALLEN G. DEBUS
Professor of the History of Science
University of Chicago
Associate Editors
RONALD S. CALINGER EDWARD J. COLLINS
Managing Editor
STEPHEN J. KENNEDY
MARQUIS-WHO'S WHO
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ABSOLON, Karel Bedrich, physician; b. Brno,
Czechoslovakia, Mar. 21, 1926; s. Karel and Valerie
(Hauska-Minkusiewicz) A.; B.S., Gymnasium, Brno,
1944; B.M., Masaryk U., Brno, 1948; M.D., Yale,
1952: M.S., U. Minn., 1963, Ph.D., 1963; m. Mary
Joan Bendix, Oct. 9, 1954; children-Mary Therese,
Charles Frederick, John Bendix, Peter Henry, Martha
Jane. Naturalized, 1954. Practice medicine, spe-
cializing in surgery, Mpls., 1952-65, Amarillo, Tex.,
1965--; research fellow USPHS, U. Minn., Med.
Sch., 1958-63, asst. prof. surgery, 1963-66; cardio-
vascular surgeon St. Anthony Hosp., Amarillo,
1966--. Recipient Mosby Thesis award Yale 1952:
Mem. A.A.A.S., A.M.A., History of Medicine Soc., Soc.
Biology and Medicine. Research, numerous publs. on
first. successful human liver transplantation; immu-
nosuppressive effects of lymphoresis; hemicorpo-
rectomy feasibility of coronary endarterectomy; his-
tory of medicine, surg. schs. Home: 1523 Crockett
St. Office: 2714 W. 10th St., Amarillo, Tex. 79102.*