April 26 in Medical History
16 entries: discoveries, epidemics, drugs and the people who shaped medicine.
Events
- The first clinical trials of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine begin in Fairfax County, Virginia.
- Dr. Michael R. Harrison of the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center performs the world's first human open fetal surgery.
- Danny Wood of New Kids, steps on a stuffed animal & twists his ankle
- Maradona SuspendedSoccer star Diego Maradona , suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for possession & distribution of illegal narcotics
- Indonesia suspends imports of American beef after a confirmed case of mad cow disease in California
- Music HistoryCory Monteith is reported to have completed treatment at a drug rehabilitation facility
- The US, the EU and other countries announce they are sending pandemic aid to India as it's COVID-19 crisis continues to worsen
- Turkey Locks DownPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan announces Turkey will go into full lockdown till May 17 to a curb COVID-19 surge and world's 4th highest caseload
- US Leaves Pandemic PhaseUS infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci says that the country is out of the "Pandemic Phase" - for the moment
Born on this day
- Johannes BurmanDutch botanist, plant author and physician, born in Amsterdam (d. 1779)
- Michael SmithEnglish-Canadian biochemist (Nobel 1993- Site-directed mutagenesis), born in Blackpool, England (d. 2000)
- Tan Cheng BockSingaporean doctor and politician
Died on this day
- Jean FernelFrench physician (coined the term "physiology"), dies at 61
- Jean DemoorBelgian physician and physiologist, dies at 74
- Sigmund RascherNazi doctor, dies at 36
- Arthur StaatsAmerican behavioral psychologist credited with popularizing "time out" as a disciplinary technique, dies of heart failure at 97