Today in Medical History

January 21 in Medical History

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

Events

4
  1. 1677First medical publication in America, a pamphlet on smallpox, is published in BostonDiscovery / ResearchOnThisDay
  2. 18801st US sewage disposal system separate from storm drains in Memphis, TennesseePublic health / PolicyOnThisDay
  3. 1960Rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook, South Africa; 417 die of methane poisoningPublic health / PolicyOnThisDay
  4. 1994Lorena Bobbitt found temporarily insane when she cut off her husband's penisMental healthOnThisDay

Born on this day

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  1. 1714Anna Morandi ManzoliniItalian anatomist (died 1774)Medical scientistWikipedia
  2. 1815Horace WellsAmerican dentist (pioneered use of medical anesthesia), born in Hartford, Vermont (d. 1848)Dentist / Pharmacist / AlliedWikipedia
  3. 1840Dr Sophia Jex-BlakeEnglish physician, first practicing female doctor in Scotland, feminist, and teacher (established the Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women), born in Hastings, England (d. 1912)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  4. 1840Sophia Louisa Jex-BlakeEnglish physician and feminist who was one of the first female medical students at a British university, born in Hastings, England (d. 1912)Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  5. 1865Heinrich Albers-SchoenbergGerman physician, educator, and x-ray experimenter, born in Hamburg, German Confederation (d. 1921)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  6. 1867Ludwig ThomaGerman writer, born in Oberammergau, Bavaria (d. 1921)Dentist / Pharmacist / AlliedWikipedia
  7. 1899John Bodkin AdamsBritish general practitioner and convict (died 1983)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  8. 1912Konrad Emil BlochGerman-American biochemist (1964 Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology for work on cholesterol), born in Neisse, Germany (d. 2000)Medical scientistWikipedia
  9. 1916Zypora SpaismanPolish midwife; American and Yiddish-language actress; producer of the Yiddish stage (died 2002)Nurse / MidwifeWikipedia
  10. 1918Geoffrey DawesBritish physiologist (fetal and neonatal physiology), born in Mackworth, England (d. 1996)Medical scientistOnThisDay
  11. 1921Barney ClarkAmerican dentist and heart patient, 1st to receive a permanent artificial heart, born in Utah (d. 1983)Dentist / Pharmacist / AlliedOnThisDay
  12. 1926Robert J. WhiteAmerican neurosurgeon (died 2010)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  13. 1933Joseph W. EschbachAmerican doctor and kidney specialist, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2007)Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  14. 1947Joseph NicolosiAmerican clinical psychologist (died 2017)Psychiatry / PsychologyWikipedia
  15. 1983Asael LubotzkyIsraeli physician, author and molecular biologistPhysician / SurgeonWikipedia

Died on this day

3
  1. 1926Camillo GolgiItalian physician and medical researcher ( Nobel Prize in Medicine 1906), dies at 82 (1843-1926)Medical scientistWikipedia
  2. 1944Gustaaf SchamelhoutFlemish physician and writer, dies at 74Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  3. 1959Frances Gertrude McGillpioneering Canadian forensic pathologist (born 1882)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia

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.