Episode 046 - Yamei Kin | Doctor

Alternate Title: Like Brains and Sweetbreads

Emma tells Emlyn about the Chinese doctor who merged eastern and western medicine and brought soy to the US, Yamei Kin, and Emlyn tells Emma about new research unraveling the long-term effects of measles. 

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Sources

Main Story - Yamei Kin

1. Biography of Yamei Kin M.D. (1864-1934), (Also Known as Jin Yunmei), the First Chinese Woman to Take a Medical Degree in the United States (1864-2016), 2nd Ed., With McCartee Family Genealogy and Knight Family Genealogy. By William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyag. http://www.soyinfocenter.com/books/192
2. Ives, Mike. Overlooked No More: Yamei Kin, the Chinese Doctor Who Introduced Tofu to the West. The New York Times. 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/17/obituaries/yamei-kin-overlooked.html
3. Roth, Matthew. The Chinese-Born Doctor Who Brought Tofu to America. Smithsonian Magazine. 2018. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/chinese-born-doctor-who-brought-tofu-america-180969977/

 

Women who Werk 

1. “New details on immune system ‘amnesia’ show how measles causes long-term damage” by Laura Sanders https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-details-measles-immune-system-amnesia-long-term-damage
2. V.N. Petrova et al. Incomplete genetic reconstitution of B cell pools contributes to prolonged immunosuppression after measles. Science Immunology. Vol. 4, November 1, 2019. https://immunology.sciencemag.org/content/4/41/eaay6125

 

Music

“Mary Anning” by Artichoke

“Work” by Rihanna

 

Cover Image

Science History Images/Alamy

 

Promo

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