Category: Medicine
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Ore Green was a Nigerian nurse, and celebrated avatar of Lady-like grace, born 1885 in Lagos to an ex-Superintendent of the Detective Force. Ore trained at St. Peter’s School, C.M.S. Girls’ Seminary,… read more
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Acanthus montanus is a forest region robust erect plant occurring in humid places mostly on the stream banks.The plant, native to West Africa, has been introduced to the rest of the world for… read more
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Orisadipe Obasa, a pioneer Nigerian physician, one of the last of the eight who qualified as medic in the late 19th century was born in Sierra Leone into a privileged royal family… read more
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Nathaniel King was the first Nigerian to practice modern medicine in his own country. Nathaniel was born 14 July 1847 in Freetown to a Yoruba Clergyman, Rev.Thomas King, who together with Ajayi… read more
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Williams Davies, born to Saro parents in 1833, was one of the pioneer modern medical practitioners in Nigeria. His primary education was from a village school in Wellinton, Sierra Leone, where his… read more
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Yaba Medical School was a colonial medical training college founded in 1930 to train medical assistants with the award of a diploma. This school, which signaled the commencement of medical education in… read more
