1. Robert Abbe was an American surgeon and pioneer radiologist in New York City.
12 Facts About Robert Abbe
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Robert Abbe is credited with the lip switch flap, which now bears his name.
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Robert Abbe died of anemia, possibly due to his work handling radium.
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Robert Abbe was an attending surgeon at Roosevelt Hospital in New York, where the plastic surgical laboratory is named for him.
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Robert Abbe was a lecturer and fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and Vice President of the Academy of Medicine.
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Robert Abbe befriended the Curies, and in particular Marie Curie.
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Robert Abbe collected many photographs of her, documented the production of radium, and explored, with her, the medical uses of radiation and x-rays.
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Robert Abbe was a vigorous opponent of the use of tobacco which he considered a cause of cancer and reported over 100 cases of smoker's cancer.
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Robert Abbe amassed a sizeable collection of Native American archaeological material during his summers on Mount Desert Island.
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The Robert Abbe was conceived as a trailside museum to complement the park's offerings.
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Robert Abbe was a man of many talents and interests.
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Robert Abbe was a photographer and an artist, painting, creating line drawings and molded maps.