#googledoodles today on may 10th remembers #LucyWills 131st birthday , she was a real #medicalmarvel and #womanwhochangetheworld medical doc , LRCP was a leading English haematologist. She conducted important work in India in the late 1920s and early 1930s on macrocytic #pregnancyanaemia . Her observations led to her discovery of a nutritional factor in yeast which both prevents and cures this disorder. . . Her discovery led to women taking a vitamin that helps prevent some birth defects. That vitamin is #FolicAcid -- a manmade form of folate, a #B-vitamin found naturally in dark green vegetables and citrus fruits. It plays an important role in the creation of red blood cells, and when taken by women before and during pregnancy, it can help prevent birth defects in the baby's brain and spinal cord. But this was not known until her discovery. So kudos to the one of many , women in medicine who make the world a better place to live in. https://www.instagram.com/p/BxSYMedHLu5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ds8jvl98acpt
