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Doctor, if you don't give me something to help me breathe, I'm going to stop! came the urgent cry of 16-year old Frederick Gable of Loganville, Pennsylvania. Vowing not to lose another patient to pneumonia, Dr. George Holtzapple successfully created the first application of oxygen, thus saving his patient's life and winning international fame through his discovery. The year was 1885. |
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In Philadelphia, Philadelphia in 1775 Johann Behrent built the first piano in America calling it under the name "Piano Forte." |
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Benjamin Franklin founded the Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first public zoo in the United States. |
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