Today in Medical History

May 23 in Medical History

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

Events

2
  1. 1785Franklin Invents BifocalsBenjamin Franklin describes his invention of bifocals in a letter to his friend George WhatleySurgery / Procedure / DeviceOnThisDay
  2. 1991US Supreme Court bars subsidized clinics from discussing abortionPublic health / PolicyOnThisDay

Born on this day

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  1. 1707Carl LinnaeusSwedish botanist , explorer and the Father of Taxonomy, born in Råshult, Sweden (1707-1778)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1718William HunterScottish anatomist and physician, born in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland (d. 1783)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  3. 1734Franz Anton MesmerAustrian physician and hypnotist (Mesmerism), born in Iznang, Germany (d. 1815)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  4. 1866Gustav AschaffenburgGerman psychiatrist (pioneer in criminology and forensic pathology), born in Zweibrücken (d. 1944)Psychiatry / PsychologyOnThisDay
  5. 1923Irving MillmanAmerican virologist and microbiologist (died 2012)Medical scientistWikipedia
  6. 1925Joshua LederbergAmerican molecular biologist and winner of the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, born in Montclair, New Jersey (d. 2008)Medical scientistWikipedia

Died on this day

2
  1. 1983Albert ClaudeBelgian biologist and physician (Nobel 1974), dies at 84Medical scientistOnThisDay
  2. 2006Frits BernardDutch clinical psychologist and child exploitation activist, dies at 85Psychiatry / 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.