Today in Medical History

February 12 in Medical History

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

Observed today

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  1. Christian feast day: — Julian the HospitallerHealth observanceWikipedia

Events

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  1. 1404The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sofia performs the first post-mortem autopsy for the purposes of teaching and demonstration at the Heiligen–Geist Spital in Vienna.Discovery / ResearchWikipedia
  2. 1941First injection of penicillin into a patient by British physician Charles Fletcher at Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, EnglandDrug / VaccineOnThisDay
  3. 19481st Lt Nancy Leftenant becomes 1st African American in army nursing corpsHealthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  4. 1994Model Anna Nicole Smith hospitalized for drug overdoseNotable person's healthOnThisDay
  5. 1999Scientists warn about harmful impacts on health of genetically modified (GM) foodPublic health / PolicyOnThisDay
  6. 2019Australian government loses historic vote on own bill with amendment to allow offshore sick refugees access to healthcare, first loss in 78 yearsPublic health / PolicyOnThisDay
  7. 2026US Environmental Protection Agency disavows the 2009 scientific 'endangerment' finding which concluded that greenhouse gases pose a danger to health and welfarePublic health / PolicyOnThisDay

Born on this day

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  1. 1567Thomas CampionEnglish composer, poet and physician, born in London, England (d. 1620)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1585Caspar Bartholin the ElderDanish physician, theologian, writer on anatomy, born in Malmö, Denmark (modern Sweden) (d. 1629)Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  3. 1606John Winthropthe Younger, Governor of Connecticut colony, secured a royal charter for the colony, born in Groton, England (d. 1676)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  4. 1637Jan SwammerdamDutch anatomist and entomologist (Bible of Nature), born in Amsterdam (d. 1680)Medical scientistWikipedia
  5. 1665Rudolph Jakob CamerariusGerman botanist and physician (sexuality of plants), born in Tübingen, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1721)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  6. 1861Lou Andreas-SaloméRussian-German author (Im Kampf um Gott), born in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 193)Psychiatry / PsychologyWikipedia
  7. 1909Sigmund RascherGerman physician (died 1945)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  8. 1915Olivia HookerAmerican sailor (died 2018)Psychiatry / PsychologyWikipedia
  9. 1918Norman FarberowAmerican psychologist and academic (died 2015)Psychiatry / PsychologyWikipedia
  10. 1936Alan EbringerAustralian immunologistMedical scientistWikipedia
  11. 1939Leon KassAmerican physician, scientist, and educatorPhysician / SurgeonWikipedia
  12. 1993Jennifer StoneAmerican actress (Harper Finkle in "Wizards of Waverly Place"), born in Arlington, TexasNurse / MidwifeWikipedia

Died on this day

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  1. 1799Lazzaro SpallanzaniItalian physiologist and biologist, dies at 70Medical scientistOnThisDay
  2. 1912Armauer HansenNorwegian physician (1st to identify leprosy as bacteria), dies at 70Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  3. 2004Robert A. BruceAmerican cardiologist and pioneer (exercise cardiology), dies at 87Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  4. 2005John Vivian DacieBritish hematologist (discovered hemophilia B), dies at 92Physician / 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.