These two Medical Throw-Backs has made impact the history of Medicine.

1. Marie Curie, foremost researcher on Radioactivity.

But for Marie Curie's research work on radioactivity, the discovery of the X-ray machine might have taken a long course in history than it actually did. Marie Curie discovered two radioactive elements – polonium and radium, which are most indispensable in the field of medicine.
Marie Curie carried out the first research into the treatment of tumors with radiation, and later founded the Curie Institutes, which are important medical research centers.
She is the only person who has ever won Nobel Prizes in both physics and chemistry.


2. The First Teaching Hospital in Nigeria

The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, holds the distinguished honour of being Nigeria's first Teaching Hospital.

Established by an act of parliament in November 1952 in response to the need for the training of medical personnel and other healthcare professionals for the country and the West African Sub-Region, UCH Ibadan, was commissioned with 500 beds in November 1957.

It remains one of Nigeria’s foremost medical Teaching Hospitals till date