At 02:45 AM 10/13/00 -0600, you wrote:

>Penicillin? I thought that was Louis Pasteur. The Curies did foundational
>work in radiology, specifically working with x-rays. Marie Curie died of
>radiation poison, because it was not known back then that x-rays could be
>deadly.
>
>I often had the impression she was remembered more for her supreme
>sacrfice than for her pioneering work. Thus she could be admired without
>too much "unpleasant" referrence to her intellect.
>
>Joan Cameron

Entirely probable, I wasn't secure in that statement, more interested in
pointing out that she existed than specifically what.  I do know she was
one of our feminine science heroes anyway!

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