Today in Medical History

June 11 in Medical History

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

Events

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  1. 1968Lloyd J. Old identifies the first cell surface antigens that could differentiate among different cell types.Discovery / ResearchWikipedia
  2. 2019WHO confirms first case of Ebola virus in Uganda, spread from outbreak in Democratic Republic of CongoDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  3. 2020Pan-American Health Organisation warns pandemic spreading "exponentially" in many areas of the region, home to nearly half of all cases worldwideDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  4. 2024Estonian Biobank opens its portal allowing 200,000 people to access their genetic information, including disease risk, ancestry markers and how they handle caffeineDiscovery / ResearchOnThisDay

Born on this day

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  1. 1741Joseph WarrenAmerican physician and soldier, born in Roxbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1775)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1914Jan Hendrik van den BergDutch psychiatrist and academic (died 2012)Psychiatry / PsychologyWikipedia
  3. 1923Gerard VaughanBritish psychiatrist and politician (Conservative), born in Portuguese East Africa (d. 2000)Psychiatry / PsychologyOnThisDay
  4. 1937J. Robin WarrenAustralian pathologist (Nobel 2005), born in Adelaide, AustraliaMedical scientistWikipedia
  5. 1960Mehmet OzTurkish-American surgeon and TV personality (The Dr. Oz Show), born in Cleveland, OhioPhysician / SurgeonWikipedia

Died on this day

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  1. 1911James Curtis HepburnAmerican missionary and linguist, dies at 96Physician / 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.