Gustaf Lindskog

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Gustaf Elmer Lindskog (7 February 1903 – 4 August 2002) was a thoracic surgeon and the and chair of surgery at the Yale School of Medicine, best known for having participated in the first pharmaceutical treatment of cancer.[1]

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Lindskog was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1903.[2] He received his B.Sc. degree from the Massachusetts Agricultural College in 1923 and his M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School in 1928, then served for four years as a lieutenant commander in the during World War II.

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  1. ^ "Dr. Gustaf Lindskog: Expert in thoracic surgery". . 31 (1). 30 August 2002. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Guide to the Gustaf E. Lindskog Papers". Yale University. hdl:10079/fa/med.ms.0034. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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