Margaret Rhea Seddon belongs to the medical record as a figure whose work changed what could be treated.
The record lists Margaret Rhea Seddon as surgeon and former NASA astronaut.
Margaret Rhea Seddon was born at Murfreesboro in 1947. Her recorded nationality is United States. She trained at University of California, Berkeley and University of Tennessee College of Medicine.
Antibiotics, imaging and the randomised trial defined twentieth-century medicine; evidence replaced authority as the standard.
Her posts were held at National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Medicine advances against a moving target, and its successes are counted in lives rather than papers.
That the work was done from United States matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Achievements
- Held posts at National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Vanderbilt University Medical Center
