Fe Primitiva del Mundo y Villanueva, Philippine pediatrician (Manila 27 November 1909 – Quezón City 06 August 2011) Authored over 100 articles First female student at Harvard Medical School (1936) INVENTIONS A bamboo radiant warmer used as incubator in rural communities (1973) A photo therapy device for jaundice relieving A cloth-suspended scale to weigh infants BRAT (banana, rice, apple and tea) diet for curing diarrhea HONOURS Award, 15th International Congress of Pediatrics (1977)
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