Stamp of the month

Who was this lady, honored by Argentina with this stamp?
By kindness of Dr. Beatriz Sosa, a most gifted friend I have in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Cecilia Grierson (1859-1934), was the first female physician in Argentina.

In this Millenium UK stamp the DNA molecule is honored, when was its double-helix structure determined? In April 25 1953 the journal Nature published three papers stablishing the double helix nature of DNA, the most famous one by Watson and Crick. Exactly 50 years ago!

In this Algerian stamp the dreadful disease Hydatidosis is advertised against. It is caused by Echinococcus worms.

Which disease, known as the 'Viennese sickness' this Austrian anatomist and social reformer fought against? Tuberculosis.

Who was born in this beautiful German city and became a Viennese surgeon? Theodor Billroth (1829-1894), famous gastric surgery pioneer. He is best known for the two types of partial gastrectomy that are named after him.

Who was born in this beautiful German city and coined the word tuberculosis? Johann Lukas Sch�nlein in 1839 coined the word tuberculosis. To see an amusing history of his role in ether anesthesia introduction in Berlin, visit History of the Charite

Laimi Leidenius (1877-1938) was the first Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (1930) at the University of Helsinki, Finland

Sophie Mannerheim, a pioneer in nursing, is another remarkable woman honored in a stamp by Finland.

This is one of many anti-cancer stamps issued all over the philatelic world, this one by Turkey in 1997. This stamp image was sent to me by Dr.Ahmet Kaur, a cytopathologist from Istanbul, Turkey. The oldest anti-cancer stamp I know is this one issued by France in 1941:

April 2002 stamp:
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in the famous "mould in petri dish experiment" in 1928. Fleming realized that the mould in his petri dish was producing a substance that was killing the bacteria, and named it penicillin. The full capabilities of penicillin were not officially noticed until 1940 by the two British scientists Baron Howard Florey (see stamp issued by Australia) and Ernst Boris Chain the two men that he shared the Nobel Prize with (in 1945).

March 2002 stamp:
This dramatic stamp, with its fearsome contaminated blood spilling, and featuring a STOP AIDS campaign was isssued by the ex-republic of Yougoslavia.
Brazil, amongst many other countries, also issued stamps for AIDS awareness, like this one:

February 2002 stamp:
This 1981 stamp honored the 50th year of the foundation of the National Cancer Association of a country. Which country? Easy! The RSA at the base of the microscope stands for Republic of South Africa.

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