Picterus - We can thank the nurse sister Jean Ward for the invention of phototherapy back in 1956. She used to take newborns out in the fresh air and expose them to
Elemeno Health - Did you know neonatal phototherapy was developed by a nurse? In the 1950s, Sister Jean Ward developed neonatal phototherapy, a treatment for jaundice in newborns. She worked in the
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