Today in Medical History

April 23 in Medical History

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

Events

7
  1. 1984AIDS virus is identified as HTLV-III (Human T-lymphotropic Virus Type III)Discovery / ResearchOnThisDay
  2. 1988Federal smoking ban during domestic airline flights of 2 hours or lessPublic health / PolicyOnThisDay
  3. 1989CBS' premiere of fact based "The Littlest Victims", based on Newark, N.J. physician James Oleske as the first doctor to discover AIDS in childrenMedicine in film/TV/sportOnThisDay
  4. 2019World's first malaria vaccine, giving partial protection to children, begins in Malawi by the WHODrug / VaccineOnThisDay
  5. 2020Ecuador's COVID-19 death toll is then one of world's highest per capita after 7,600 more deaths than usual (503 official toll), in report by "The New York Times"Disease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  6. 2020German Chancellor Angela Merkel warns this is "not the end phase but still just the beginning" of the COVID-19 pandemicDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  7. 2020Trump's Disinfectant IdeasUS President Donald Trump suggests studying if COVID-19 could be treated by introducing disinfectant or UV lights into a human body, during a White House press briefing; government officials and disinfectant companies quickly state doing so is not only extremely dangerous but potentially deadlyDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay

Born on this day

5
  1. 1484Julius Caesar ScaligerItalian-French physician and scholar (On the Subtlety of Things), born in Riva, Italy (d. 1558)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1746Félix Vicq-d'AzyrFrench physician and anatomist (discover the theory of homology in biology), born in Valognes, Normandy, France (d. 1794)Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  3. 1748Félix Vicq-d'AzyrFrench physician and anatomist (died 1794)Medical scientistWikipedia
  4. 1867Johannes FibigerDanish physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1928)Medical scientistWikipedia
  5. 1899Minoru ShirotaJapanese microbiologist and fouder of the Yakult Honsha beverage company, born in Tatsuoka, Nagano (d. 1982)Medical scientistWikipedia

Died on this day

6
  1. 1611Martin Ruland the YoungerGerman physician and alchemist, dies at 41Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  2. 1895Carl LudwigGerman physiologist and physician (1884 Copley medal), dies at 78Medical scientistWikipedia
  3. 1905James H. SalisburyAmerican physician, inventor of the Salisbury steak and an early supporter of germ theory, dies at 81Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  4. 1994Trevor ClayBritish nurse and former Royal College of Nursing General Secretary, dies at 57Nurse / MidwifeOnThisDay
  5. 2002Gopal BarathamSingaporean author known for "A Candle or the Sun" and neurosurgeon, dies of pneumonia at 66Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  6. 2008William H. Stewart10th US Surgeon General (1965-69), dies at 86Health leader / ActivistOnThisDay

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.