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Pharmacist
It’s hard to overstate the number of lives saved by Colin Murdoch – is it millions, tens of millions, hundreds? In 1952, inspired by the design of his fountain pen, this polyglot inventor scribbled down an idea for a cheap, disposable syringe that could deliver medicine, especially vaccines, to millions of people without the threat of cross-contamination.