Today in Medical History

June 6 in Medical History

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

Observed today

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  1. National Huntington's Disease Awareness Day in the United StatesHealth observanceWikipedia

Events

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  1. 1822Beaumont Treats Stomach WoundAlexis St. Martin shot in the stomach and treated by physician William Beaumont on Mackinac Island. Leads Beaumont to conduct digestion experiments through hole in St. Martin's stomach.Discovery / ResearchWikipedia
  2. 1904National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, New JerseyHealthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  3. 1986Kathy Ormsby, a 21-year-old member of NC State track team jumps off a bridge permanently paralyzing herselfMental healthOnThisDay
  4. 19936th Children's Miracle Network TelethonHealthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  5. 2005The United States Supreme Court votes to ban medical marijuana in Gonzales v. RaichDrug / VaccineOnThisDay
  6. 2017Korean singer T.O.P is rushed to hospital after a suspected overdose while serving mandatory military serviceNotable person's healthOnThisDay
  7. 2019German serial killer nurse Niels Hoegel jailed for a second life sentence for the murder of 85 more people (previously convicted for six). Germany's worst post-war serial killer.Healthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay

Born on this day

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  1. 1519Andrea CesalpinoItalian philosopher, physician and botanist, born in Arezzo, Italy (d. 1603)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1825Friedrich BayerGerman pharmacist, founded Bayer (died 1880)Dentist / Pharmacist / AlliedWikipedia
  3. 1900Manfred SakelPolish neurophysiologist and psychiatrist, born in Nadvorna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1957)Psychiatry / PsychologyWikipedia
  4. 1918Edwin G. KrebsAmerican biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)Medical scientistWikipedia
  5. 1923Virginia Clinton Kelley (née Cassidy)American nurse anesthetist, and mother of President Bill Clinton, born in Bodcaw, Arkansas (d. 1994)Nurse / MidwifeOnThisDay
  6. 1936Richard GreenAmerican sexologist, lawyer, and author who advocated for gay and transsexual rights, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2019)Psychiatry / PsychologyOnThisDay
  7. 1939Marian Wright-EdelmanAmerican activist and health care president (Children's Defense Fund), born in Bennettsville, South CarolinaHealth leader / ActivistWikipedia
  8. 1944Phillip Allen SharpAmerican geneticist and molecular biologist (Nobel 1993), born in Falmouth, KentuckyMedical scientistWikipedia
  9. 1954Roger AdamsAmerican psychologist and the inventor of Heelys (rolling sneakers), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 2026)Psychiatry / PsychologyOnThisDay
  10. 1956Jay C BuckeyAmerican physician/astronaut (STS 58 alt, sk: 90), born in New York CityPhysician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  11. 1966Sophie JamalCanadian endocrinologist involved in scientific misconductPhysician / SurgeonWikipedia

Died on this day

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  1. 1898Eli LillyAmerican Union Army officer, pharmacist, chemist, and founder of Eli Lilly and Company, dies of cancer at 59Dentist / Pharmacist / AlliedOnThisDay
  2. 1961Carl JungSwiss Psychiatrist (founded analytic psychology ), dies at 85 (1875-1961)Psychiatry / PsychologyWikipedia
  3. 1996George Davis SnellAmerican geneticist (1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, H-2 gene), dies at 92Medical scientistWikipedia
  4. 2009Jean DaussetFrench-Spanish immunologist and academic; awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his studies of the genetic basis of immunological reaction (born 1916)Medical scientistWikipedia
  5. 2014Lorna Wing (née Tolchard)English psychologist, and researcher who introduced term Asperger's Syndrome, dies at 85Psychiatry / PsychologyWikipedia

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.