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Baylor University, mainly at Waco, Tex.; coeducational; chartered and opened 1845 by Baptists (see Baylor, Robert E. B. Baylor, Robert Emmett Bledsoe (bā`lər), 1793?–1873, American jurist, founder of Baylor Univ., b. Kentucky. ..... Click the link for more information. ) at Independence, moved 1886 and absorbed Waco Univ. (chartered 1861). The library has a noted Robert Browning collection. Frank Lloyd Wright designed a theater center at Dallas for the graduate school. The university's medical school was founded (1900) as part of the Univ. of Dallas, and it became affiliated with Baylor in 1903. In 1943 it moved to Houston, and in 1969 it became a separate corporation under the title of Baylor College of Medicine. It was in connection with the Baylor medical school that Michael De Bakey did his pioneer work in heart transplantation transplantation, medical, surgical procedure by which a tissue or organ is removed and replaced by a corresponding part, either from another part of the body or from another individual. ..... Click the link for more information. and artificial heart implantation (see heart, artificial ventricular assist device (VAD), or "artificial ventricle," is an internally implanted pump designed to aid a person with a failing left ventricle; unlike an artificial heart, it does not require removal of the patient's heart. ..... Click the link for more information. ). Baylor Univ. still maintains a medical center at Dallas. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Montague, a professor of neuroscience at the Baylor College of Medicine, examines the brain processes behind decision making, from picking out what to wear in the morning to choosing whom to marry, and describes how the brain has evolved to maximize the efficiency of the process. He holds a medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine and completed his residency in internal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine Affiliated Hospitals. Fertility doctors at Baylor College of Medicine have announced a new clinical study in which parents will be allowed to choose the sex of their children. |
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