Today in Medical History

February 8 in Medical History

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

Events

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  1. 2021South Africa halts rollout of Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after research into the South African variant showed no protection against mild and moderate illnessDrug / VaccineOnThisDay

Born on this day

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  1. 1577Robert BurtonBritish writer and Anglican clergyman (The Anatomy of Melancholy), born in Lindley, Leicestershire, England (d. 1640)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1952Nancy LordAmerican physician and Libertarian VP candidate (1992), born in New York CityPhysician / SurgeonOnThisDay

Died on this day

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  1. 1964Ernst KretschmerGerman psychiatrist and author (born 1888)Psychiatry / PsychologyWikipedia
  2. 1993Paul BrickhillDutch-American WW II pilot and physician, diesPhysician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  3. 2007Ian StevensonCanadian-American parapsychologist and reincarnation expert, dies at 88Psychiatry / PsychologyWikipedia
  4. 2014Els BorstDutch physician and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1932)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  5. 2015Rauni-Leena Luukanen-KildeFinnish physician and parapsychologist (born 1939)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  6. 2017Peter MansfieldBritish Physician whose discoveries led to MRI (2003 Nobel Prize), dies at 83Medical scientistWikipedia
  7. 2022Luc MontagnierFrench virologist (Nobel Prize 2008, discovered HIV), dies at 89Medical 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.