Andromachi Papanikolaou

Andromachi Papanikolaou

Andromachi Papanikolaou was the wife of the man who invented the Pap smear. She volunteered to have her cervix sampled every day for 21 years to help with his research. Their findings went on to save the lives of millions of women by preventing the development of cervical cancer through early detection.

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