Today in Medical History

April 3 in Medical History

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

Events

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  1. 2020US aircraft carrier captain Brett Crozier cheered off his ship after being fired for a letter demanding more help for his sailors infected with COVID-19Disease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  2. 2020COVID-19 PandemicLondon's Nightingale hospital opened by Prince Charles (remotely) after nine days with 4,000 beds to treat COVID-19 patients at the ExCeL CentreDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay

Born on this day

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  1. 1529Michael NeanderGerman mathematician and astronomer, born in Joachimsthal, Bohemia (d. 1581)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1715William WatsonEnglish physician and scientist, born in London (d. 1787)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  3. 1764John AbernethyEnglish surgeon, born in London, England (d. 1831)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  4. 1778Pierre BretonneauFrench doctor who performed the first successful tracheotomy (died 1862)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  5. 1860Frederik Willem van EedenDutch utopian writer (Walden), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1932)Psychiatry / PsychologyWikipedia
  6. 1911Michael WoodruffEnglish surgeon and scientist (organ transplantation), born in Mill Hill, London (d. 2001)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  7. 1912Grigoris LambrakisGreek physician and politician (died 1963)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  8. 1915İhsan DoğramacıTurkish paediatrician, academic and the founder of YÖK, born in Arbil, Ottoman Empire (d. 2010)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  9. 1922Doris DayAmerican singer ("Sentimental Journey"; "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"), actress (Pillow Talk; The Man Who Knew Too Much), animal welfare and AIDS activist, known as the "girl next door", born in Cincinnati, Ohio (1922-2019)Health leader / ActivistWikipedia
  10. 1942Toni Grant [Glickman]American radio psychologist (The Toni Grant Program, KABC-AM), born in New York City (d. 2016)Psychiatry / PsychologyOnThisDay
  11. 1954K. KrishnasamyIndian physician and politicianPhysician / SurgeonWikipedia

Died on this day

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  1. 1838Francesco AntommarchiNapoleon's physician on St Helena, dies at 57Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  2. 1838François Carlo AntommarchiFrench physician and author (born 1780)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  3. 1868Franz BerwaldSwedish violinist, composer (Estrella de Soria; Sinfonie sérieuse), and orthopedist, dies of pneumonia at 71Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  4. 1981Leo KannerAustrian-American psychiatrist and social activist known for his work related to autism, dies at 86Psychiatry / PsychologyOnThisDay
  5. 1994Jerome LejeuneFrench physician and geneticist (discovered chromosome responsible for Downs Syndrome), dies at 67Medical scientistOnThisDay
  6. 2025David PatonAmerican ophthalmologist who created the Flying Eye hospital, dies at 94Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay

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.