Today in Medical History

June 7 in Medical History

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

Observed today

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  1. Tourette Syndrome Awareness DayHealth observanceWikipedia

Events

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  1. 1832Asian cholera reaches Quebec, brought by Irish immigrants, and kills about 6,000 people in Lower CanadaDisease / EpidemicWikipedia
  2. 1941Partition ChromatographyChemists Archer John Porter Martin and Richard L. M. Synge give the first demonstration of partition chromatography (separation of mixtures) at a meeting of the Biochemical Society held at the National Institute for Medical Research, HampsteadDiscovery / ResearchOnThisDay
  3. 1954First microbiology laboratory dedicated in New Brunswick, New JerseyDiscovery / ResearchOnThisDay
  4. 1965The Supreme Court of the United States decides on Griswold v. Connecticut, effectively legalizing the use of contraception by married couplesPublic health / PolicyWikipedia
  5. 1988Aluminum contaminates Cornwall's water supplyPublic health / PolicyOnThisDay
  6. 1990Michael Jackson enters St. John's Hospital and Health Center, near his home, for chest pains after a dance rehearsal and exercise sessionNotable person's healthOnThisDay
  7. 2006British Houses of Parliament temporarily shut down due to anthrax alertDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  8. 2020COVID-19 global death toll passes 400,000 with confirmed cases at 6,973,195 according to Johns Hopkins figuresDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  9. 2021Auckland named world's most livable city (due to success with COVID) and Damascus named the worst by The Economist Intelligence UnitDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  10. 2021Multicellular organisms (bdelloid rotifer) frozen for 24,000 years in Siberia to return to life after Russian scientists have them thawedDiscovery / ResearchOnThisDay
  11. 2021UN International Labor Director says global impact of the pandemic four times worse than 2008 Economic Crisis, pushed 100 million workers into povertyDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay

Born on this day

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  1. 1811James Young SimpsonScottish obstetrician who popularized chloroform for medicinal use, born in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland (d. 1870)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1890Karl LashleyAmerican psychologist and behaviorist (died 1958)Medical scientistWikipedia
  3. 1909Virginia ApgarAmerican physician, childbirth specialist, and inventor of the Apgar score, born in Westfield, New Jersey (d. 1974)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  4. 1928James JudeAmerican thoracic surgeon (developed CPR), born in Maple Lake, Minnesota (d. 2015)Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay

Died on this day

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  1. 1594Rodrigo Lopezphysician of Queen Elizabeth I (born 1525)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1879William Tilbury FoxEnglish dermatologist and academic (born 1836)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  3. 1932William Williams KeenAmerican physician (1st American brain surgeon), dies at 95Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  4. 2001Betty NeelsEnglish nurse and author (born 1910)Nurse / MidwifeWikipedia
  5. 2004William CramondScottish psychiatrist and vice-chancellor (Stirling University), dies at 83Psychiatry / PsychologyOnThisDay
  6. 2015Michael OliverBritish cardiologist (linked cholesterol with coronary artery disease), dies at 89Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  7. 2026Richard ScolyerAustralian pathologist, skin cancer researcher and 2024's Australian of the Year, dies of cancer at 59Medical scientistOnThisDay

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.