Today in Medical History

February 27 in Medical History

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

Observed today

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  1. Doctors' Day (Vietnam)Health observanceWikipedia

Events

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  1. 1813First federal vaccination legislation enactedDrug / VaccineOnThisDay
  2. 1854Music HistoryGerman composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt in Rhine RiverMental healthOnThisDay
  3. 1907Meeting of InterestPsychiatrists Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud meet for the first time in ViennaMental healthOnThisDay
  4. 1919American Association for Hard of Hearing forms (NYC)Healthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  5. 1971Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start to perform aborti provocatiHealthcare institution / ProfessionWikipedia
  6. 2019Doctors announce world's second known case of semi-identical twins, a boy and girl from Brisbane, AustraliaDiscovery / ResearchOnThisDay
  7. 2019Smallest baby boy ever born to be later successfully released, goes home, after original birth weight of 268g (9.45oz) from Tokyo hospitalDiscovery / ResearchOnThisDay
  8. 2019Film & TV HistoryActor Luke Perry (52) suffers a stroke in Los AngelesNotable person's healthOnThisDay
  9. 2021US authorizes its third COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson, a one-shot vaccineDrug / VaccineOnThisDay

Born on this day

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  1. 1748Anders SparrmanSwedish physician and activist (died 1820)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1869Alice HamiltonAmerican physician, scientist and social advocate (workmen's compensation laws, occupational illnesses), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1970)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  3. 1875Vladimir FilatovRussian-Ukrainian ophthalmologist and surgeon (died 1956)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  4. 1888Roberto AssagioliItalian psychiatrist and writer (Psychosynthesis,), born in Venice, Italy (d. 1974)Psychiatry / PsychologyWikipedia
  5. 1890Mabel Keaton StaupersAmerican nurse and advocate (died 1989)Nurse / MidwifeWikipedia
  6. 1899Charles BestAmerican-Canadian medical scientist and co-discoverer of insulin, born in West Pembroke, Maine (1899-1978)Medical scientistWikipedia
  7. 1923Alejandro ZaffaroniUruguayan-born biochemist, helped create birth control pill and nicotine patch, born in Montevideo, Uruguay (d. 2014)Medical scientistOnThisDay
  8. 1934J. Donald MillarAmerican epidemiologist and the first director of the smallpox eradication bureau at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, born in Newport News, Virginia (d. 2015)Medical scientistOnThisDay
  9. 1946Mary-Claire KingAmerican human geneticist (breast cancer genes), born in Evanston, IllinoisMedical scientistOnThisDay
  10. 1963Nasty SuicideFinnish musician and pharmacistDentist / Pharmacist / AlliedWikipedia
  11. 1980Chelsea Clintondaughter of President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, writer, and global health advocate, born in Little Rock, ArkansasHealth leader / ActivistWikipedia

Died on this day

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  1. 1735John ArbuthnotScottish mathematician and writer (Scriblerus Club), dies at 67Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1887Alexander BorodinRussian composer and scientist (Robert LeDiable), dies at 53Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  3. 1936Ivan PavlovRussian physiologist and pioneer in psychology (Nobel Prize 1904), dies at 86 (1849-1936)Medical scientistWikipedia
  4. 1998George H. HitchingsAmerican medical doctor (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1988), dies at 92 (1905-1998)Medical scientistWikipedia
  5. 2012Tina StrobosDutch physician and resistor to Nazi occupation, dies from cancer at 91Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  6. 2026Robin WeissBritish molecular biologist and virologist best known for his work on HIV, dies at 86Medical 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.