Today in Medical History

March 7 in Medical History

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

Events

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  1. 1962Ground-breaking report "Smoking and Health" published by the British Royal College of Physicians, first major report to warn of the dangers of smokingPublic health / PolicyOnThisDay
  2. 1997Five individuals sue Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, claiming his smoking violates the country's constitution, which guarantees a wholesome lifePublic health / PolicyOnThisDay
  3. 2016Sports HistoryRussian tennis star Maria Sharapova reveals failed drug test for meldonium at Australian Open in January, subsequently suspended for 15 monthsMedicine in film/TV/sportOnThisDay
  4. 2022Global death toll from Covid-19 passes 6 million according to Johns Hopkins figures, with 57% of the world's population fully vaccinatedDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay

Born on this day

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  1. 1831John Bratton [Old Reliable]American physician and Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), born in Winnsboro, South Carolina (d. 1898)Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  2. 1837Henry DraperAmerican astronomer (Moon, Orion Nebula), born in Prince Edward County, Virginia (1837-1882)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  3. 1845Daniel David PalmerCanadian founder of chiropractic (1897 Palmer School of Chiropractic), born in Port Perry, Canada West (d. 1913)Dentist / Pharmacist / AlliedOnThisDay
  4. 1857Julius Wagner-JaureggAustrian psychiatrist (1st psychiatrist to win Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 1927 for malaria inoculation for dementia paralytica), born in Wels, Austria (d. 1940)Psychiatry / PsychologyWikipedia
  5. 1938David BaltimoreAmerican biologist (1975 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2025)Medical scientistWikipedia
  6. 1944Michael RosbashAmerican geneticist (Nobel Prize 2017, Drosophila period gene), born in Kansas City, MissouriMedical scientistOnThisDay

Died on this day

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  1. 1928Robert AbbeAmerican surgeon and radiologist, dies at 76Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1949Bradbury Robinson Jr.American football pioneer (threw first legal forward pass at a game at Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin 1906), dies from complications following routine surgery at 65Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  3. 1964Franz AlexanderHungarian-American pioneering psychoanalyst (pioneered psychosomatic medicine), dies at 73Psychiatry / PsychologyOnThisDay
  4. 2010John HarrisonBritish vice admiral and surgeon (Medical Director Royal Navy during Falklands War), dies at 88Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  5. 2026Judith L. RapoportAmerican child psychiatrist and obsessive-compulsive disorder researcher (The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Washing), dies of cancer at 92Psychiatry / PsychologyOnThisDay

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.