Today in Medical History

March 5 in Medical History

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

Events

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  1. 1623Virginia enacts the first American temperance lawPublic health / PolicyOnThisDay
  2. 19351st premature baby health law in US (Chicago)Public health / PolicyOnThisDay
  3. 1953Joseph Stalin, the longest serving leader of the Soviet Union, dies at his Volynskoe dacha in Moscow after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage four days earlier.Notable person's healthWikipedia
  4. 1984US accuse Iraq of using poison gasPublic health / PolicyOnThisDay
  5. 198919th Easter Seal Telethon raises $37,002,000Healthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  6. 1993Sports HistoryBoston Celtics Larry Bird undergoes back fusion surgeryNotable person's healthOnThisDay
  7. 2019Major study into the MMR vaccine involving over 650,000 children in Denmark finds it does not increase the risk of autismDrug / VaccineOnThisDay
  8. 2019Second-ever person "cured" of HIV after stem cell transplant treatment in London, England results published in "Nature"Surgery / Procedure / DeviceOnThisDay

Born on this day

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  1. 1739Benjamin Ruggles WoodbridgeAmerican politician and doctor in the Massachusetts militia during the Revolutionary War, born in South Hadley, Massachusetts (d. 1819)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1824Elisha HarrisAmerican physician (founded American Public Health Association, sanitary reform), born in Westminster, Vermont (d. 1884)Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  3. 1830Étienne-Jules MareyFrench physiologist and chronophotographer (died 1904)Medical scientistWikipedia
  4. 1900Lilli JahnJewish German doctor (died 1944)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  5. 1920José AboulkerFrench Algerian Jewish leader of anti-Nazi resistance and advocate for Algerians, born in Algiers, Algeria (d. 2009)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia

Died on this day

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  1. 1815Franz Anton MesmerAustrian physician and hypnotist (Mesmerism), dies at 80Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1966Enrique EckerCuracaos-American bacteriologist (Rees-Ecker method for platelet counting), dies at 79Medical scientistOnThisDay
  3. 2011Alberto GranadoArgentine biochemist and travel companion of Che Guevara, dies at 88Medical scientistOnThisDay
  4. 2014Alice StollAmerican research physiologist and pioneer in aerospace medicine (fire-resistant fabrics), dies at 96Medical scientistOnThisDay
  5. 2026António Lobo AntunesPortuguese army medic and novelist (Elephant Memory; Fado Alexandrino), dies at 83Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay

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.