Creators of history's greatest lifesaving advances

Jewish recipients of the Creators of history's greatest lifesaving advances documented in the ThankJews directory. Jews are about 26% of all recipients — while making up roughly 0.2% of the world's population.

26%of all recipients are Jewish

2 documented recipients

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Abel Wolman1919

Standardized the chlorination of drinking water — credited with ~91 million lives saved

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews among the creators of history's greatest lifesaving advances (ScienceHeroes.com)

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Albert Salomon1913

Pioneer of the mammogram for early breast-cancer detection

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews among the creators of history's greatest lifesaving advances (ScienceHeroes.com)