Dr.+Florence+Sabin

__Florence Sabin __

__By EmmaB987 __
__Personal life: __ Florence Sabin was a famous scientist who studied anatomy. She was born in Central City, Colorado. She was born on November 9, 1871 and died on October 3, 1953 in Denver, Colorado at age 81. She did not have any kids and she never got married. Her Mother (who was a homemaker) died when Florence was 7 years old. Her father was a Mining Engineer. __Timeline: __
 * 1893 || Florence earned her bachelor’s degree from Smith college. ||
 * 1901 || Florence published the atlas of the medulla and midbrain ||
 * 1924 || Florence was elected the first woman president of the American Association of Anatomists ||
 * 1925 || Florence became the head of the department of cellular studies at the Rockefeller Institute for medical research ||

__Discoveries: __ Florence Sabin was most popular for publishing her atlas on the midbrain and medulla. She also worked with a scientist named Franklin Mall. She was the first woman to teach at John Hopkins. She spent most of her time researching about the brain of an embryo, which is the youngest stage of a baby. Her atlas eventually was used for a school textbook.

__Information on Anatomy: __ <span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Anatomy is the study of the human body. The human body has many systems, such as the skeletal system, respiratory system, circulatory system, etc. An embryo is the earliest stage of development for a baby. Florence specifically studied the brain in an embryo. A baby at 31 weeks weighs about 3 pounds.

__<span style="color: #ffc000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">Five fun facts: __
 * 1) <span style="color: #ffc000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">I. There are around 370,000 babies born every day
 * 2) <span style="color: #ffc000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">II. An average adult human brain weighs about as much as a toaster
 * 3) <span style="color: #ffc000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">III. One human hair can hold the weight of a candy bar!
 * 4) <span style="color: #ffc000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">IV. It is not possible for you to tickle yourself because your brain predicts it on what it already knows
 * 5) <span style="color: #ffc000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">V. Humans have as much hair per square inch on our bodies as a chimpanzee

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