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Schweitzer Hospital, he was assigned general handyman duties and progressed to becoming a medical technician who assisted a team of American cardiologists in identifying the causes of heart disease among certain tribes of Gabon.
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Miller, DC; Spencer, SS; White, PD (1962). "Survey of cardiovascular disease among
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