Today in Medical History

July 22 in Medical History

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

Events

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  1. 1988500 US scientists pledge to boycott Pentagon germ-warfare researchDiscovery / ResearchOnThisDay
  2. 1994MLB pitcher Doc Gooden admits to entering Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California, for substance abuse rehabilitationMental healthOnThisDay
  3. 2018Heatwave in Japan kills 11 in one dayPublic health / PolicyOnThisDay
  4. 2020California passes New York total for COVID-19 cases (415,763 vs 415,094), though NY death toll much higherDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  5. 2020Kim Kardashian asks for understanding of her husband Kanye West 's struggles with his bipolar disorder on InstagramNotable person's healthOnThisDay
  6. 2021US at “another pivotal point in this pandemic” says CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky as the Delta variant becomes dominantDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay

Born on this day

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  1. 1878Janusz Korczak [Henryk Goldszmit]Polish-Jewish educator and pedagogue (ran an orphanage in the Warsaw Ghetto) [or born in 1879], born in Warsaw, Congress Poland (d. 1942)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1881Augusta Fox BronnerAmerican psychologist, specialist in juvenile psychology (died 1966)Psychiatry / PsychologyWikipedia
  3. 1888Selman WaksmanJewish-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)Medical scientistWikipedia
  4. 1893Karl MenningerAmerican psychiatrist and author (died 1990)Psychiatry / PsychologyWikipedia
  5. 1917H. Boyd WoodruffAmerican microbiologist whose research led to antibiotics, born in Bridgeton, New Jersey (d. 2017)Medical scientistOnThisDay
  6. 1922John Francis BurkeAmerican surgeon and co-inventor of artificial skin, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2011)Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  7. 1943Bobby ShermanAmerican actor (Here Comes the Brides), pop singer ("Little Woman"), and paramedic, born in Santa Monica, California (d. 2025)Dentist / Pharmacist / AlliedWikipedia
  8. 1945Philip CohenEnglish biochemist and academicMedical scientistWikipedia

Died on this day

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  1. 1802Marie Francois Xavier BichatFrench anatomist and physiologist (tissue theory), dies at 30 after falling downstairs at the Hotel-Dieu and acquiring a fever (1771-1802)Medical scientistWikipedia
  2. 1833Joseph ForlenzeItalian ophthalmologist and surgeon (born 1757)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  3. 1922Jokichi TakamineJapanese-American biochemist who isolated adrenalin (epinephrine), which causes the body to respond to emergencies, the first pure hormone isolated from natural sources, dies at 67Medical scientistWikipedia
  4. 1987Fahrettin Kerim GökayTurkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (born 1900)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  5. 1992David WojuarowiczAmerican artist (U2 single "One" sleeve), dies of AIDS at 37Health leader / ActivistWikipedia

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.