Although the specific cause of nasal cavity cancers and paranasal sinus cancer is not known, factors that can put individuals at higher risk for the disease include cigarette smoking, outdoor air pollution and continual exposure to wood dust, according to Macmillan Cancer Support.
Elizabeth Blackwell. Elizabeth Blackwell (3 February 1821 â 31 May 1910) was a British-born physician, notable as the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, as well as the first woman on the UK Medical Register.
Illustration of an incident in the operating room. during Elizabeth Blackwell's medical school. education, in Our Famous Women (1884). Elizabeth Blackwell, born in Britain, was the first woman in the United States to be awarded the MD degree. Many 19th-century physicians, including a few women, practiced without a degree, but Elizabeth Blackwell wished to attain full professional status.