Today in Medical History

April 13 in Medical History

20 entries: discoveries, epidemics, drugs and the people who shaped medicine.

Events

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  1. 1863Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled is incorporated in the State of New YorkHealthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  2. 1918Electrical fire kills 38 mental patients at Oklahoma State HospitalMental healthOnThisDay
  3. 1948Hadassah Convoy Massacre: Vehicles bringing Jewish staff and medical supplies to Hadassah Hospital and University on Mount Scopus, Jerusalem attacked by Arab forces; 79 killed by bombs, grenades, and sniper fireHealthcare institution / ProfessionWikipedia
  4. 1949During a lecture at the Mayo Clinic, Philip S. Hench reveals positive results of clinical trials using cortisone to treat rheumatoid arthritisDiscovery / ResearchOnThisDay
  5. 1996Two women and four children are killed after an Israeli helicopter fires rockets at an ambulance in Mansouri, Lebanon.Public health / PolicyWikipedia
  6. 2020COVID-19 PandemicNY Governor Andrew Cuomo says “I believe the worst is over if we continue to be smart,” about the COVID-19 pandemic in New York as death toll passes 10,000Disease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  7. 2021US, South Africa and the EU authorities temporarily stop administrating Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines after six women developed blood clots (out of 6.8 million)Drug / VaccineOnThisDay

Born on this day

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  1. 1794Jean Pierre FlourensFrench physiologist and academic (died 1867)Medical scientistWikipedia
  2. 1851Robert AbbeAmerican surgeon and radiologist, born in New York City (d. 1928)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  3. 1875Ray Lyman WilburAmerican politician and 3rd President of Stanford University, born in Boonesboro, Iowa (d. 1949)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  4. 1887Gordon S. FahrniCanadian physician and President of the Canadian Medical Association, born in Gladstone, Manitoba (d. 1995)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  5. 1891Nellallitea "Nella" Larsen [Nellie Walker]African-American Harlem Renaissance novelist (Quicksand, Passing), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1964)Nurse / MidwifeWikipedia
  6. 1901Jacques LacanFrench psychoanalyst and semanticist, born in Paris (d. 1981)Psychiatry / PsychologyWikipedia
  7. 1920Marthe CohnFrench nurse and spy during World War Ⅱ, born in Metz, France (d. 2025)Nurse / MidwifeOnThisDay
  8. 1941Michael Stuart BrownAmerican geneticist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1985), born in Brooklyn, New York CityMedical scientistWikipedia
  9. 1951Leszek BorysiewiczWelsh immunologist and academicMedical scientistWikipedia
  10. 1957Clark MiddletonAmerican disability advocate and actor (The Blacklist; Twin Peaks: The Return), born in Bristol, Tennessee (d. 2020)Health leader / ActivistOnThisDay

Died on this day

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  1. 1983Theodore StephanidesGreek doctor and naturalist, dies at 87Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1997Ann CraftBritish social worker, scholar, and advocate for disability rights (Ann Craft Trust), dies at 53Health leader / ActivistOnThisDay
  3. 2026Bernard RoizmanRomanian-American virologist known for his work on herpes simplex virus, dies at 96Medical scientistOnThisDay

Sources: onthisday.com and Wikipedia's “On this day” (text under CC BY-SA 4.0), screened for medical relevance. Each entry links to its source.