January 15 in Medical History
20 entries: discoveries, epidemics, drugs and the people who shaped medicine.
Events
- Gold dental inlays first described by William Taggart, who invented them
- Minnesota North Stars forward Bill Masterton dies 2 days after suffering a head injury in a game against the Oakland Seals; the only death as a result of a game injury in NHL history
- TV medical drama "Emergency" with Randolph Mantooth and Robert Fuller premieres on NBC TV
- CBS' premiere of TV made teen drug abuse drama, "Not My Kid", based on the previous year's book by Beth Polson
- Cerebral Palsy telethon raises $22.6 million
- Queen Elizabeth falls off her horse & breaks her left wrist
- US Olympic gold medal winning gymnast Simone Biles says she is one of more than 130 women sexually abused by former team doctor Larry Nassar
- The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare confirms the first case of COVID-19 in Japan.
- Global death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic passes 2 million (true total likely much higher)
- Mexico brings into force world's strictest anti-smoking laws, banning smoking in public places such as beaches and parks
- NASA Crew-11 astronauts return to Earth a month early after the first-ever medical evacuation from the ISS
Born on this day
- John AikinEnglish doctor and writer, born in Kibworth Harcourt, United Kingdom (d. 1822)
- Josef BreuerAustrian psychologist, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1925)
- Lorenz BöhlerAustrian physician, born in Wolfurt, Austria (d. 1973)
Died on this day
- Henry HaringtonBritish physician, composer, and writer, dies at 88
- Henri BraconnotFrench chemist and pharmacist (born 1780)
- John Kirk BarryBritish physician, explorer and administrator in Zanzibar (companion to explorer David Livingstone), dies at 89
- Marshall Warren NirenbergJewish-American biochemist and geneticist (Nobel 1968), dies at 82
- Mathilde KrimAmerican medical researcher and founding chairman of amfAR (Foundation for AIDS Research), dies at 91
- Rosalind CartwrightAmerican psychologist and sleep researcher known as the "Queen of Dreams" (Night Life: Explorations in Dreaming), dies at 98