Today in Medical History

May 26 in Medical History

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

Events

9
  1. 1913Emily Duncan becomes one of the UK's first female magistrates, authorized to act in ‘lunacy matters’ at the workhouse in West Ham, LondonMental healthOnThisDay
  2. 1922Lenin's StrokeVladimir Lenin suffers a severe stroke that leaves him partially paralyzed and severely limits his ability to lead the Soviet governmentNotable person's healthOnThisDay
  3. 1925Babe Ruth gets out of bed five weeks after surgery for an ulcerNotable person's healthOnThisDay
  4. 2014World Health Organization confirms that Ebola has reached Sierra LeoneDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  5. 2018Ireland votes to repeal their 8th amendment to allow legalized abortion, 66.4% vote yesPublic health / PolicyOnThisDay
  6. 2020US restricts travel from Brazil as the country posts world's second highest number of recorded cases of COVID-19Disease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  7. 2021Russia reports it has started vaccinating domestic animals against COVID-19, using the Karnivak-Kov vaccineDrug / VaccineOnThisDay
  8. 2021Cummings Blasts UK ResponseFormer advisor Dominic Cummings gives a damming report to MPs into UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his government's handling of the COVID-19 crisisPublic health / PolicyOnThisDay
  9. 2021Biden Orders ProbePresident Joe Biden orders US intelligence agencies to intensify efforts to investigate the origins of COVID-19Disease / EpidemicOnThisDay

Born on this day

3
  1. 1907Jean BernardFrench physician and haematologist, born in Paris (d. 2006)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1928Jack KevorkianAmerican pathologist and right-to-die activist, born in Pontiac, Michigan (1928-2011)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  3. 1941Jim DobbinScottish microbiologist and politician (died 2014)Medical scientistWikipedia

Died on this day

8
  1. 1938John Jacob AbelAmerican pharmacologist (endocrine glands), dies at 81Medical scientistOnThisDay
  2. 1939Charles Horace MayoAmerican surgeon and co-founder (Mayo Clinic), dies at 74Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  3. 1946Marcel PetiotFrench serial killer known as 'Doctor Satan' who murdered Jews for money during WWII, guillotined for 26 murders at 49Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  4. 1948Theodore MorellGerman doctor, Hitler's personal physician, dies at 61Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  5. 1987Arthur SacklerAmerican philanthropist, psychiatrist and patron of the arts, dies of a heart attack at 73Psychiatry / PsychologyOnThisDay
  6. 2006Kevin O'FlanaganIrish rugby union winger (1 Test; London Irish RFC), soccer striker (FAI 10 caps; Ireland 3 caps) and administrator (International Olympic Committee 1976-94), dies at 86Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  7. 2014William R. RoyAmerican physician, journalist, and politician (born 1926)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  8. 2022Arnold BurgenBritish physician and founding President of Academia Europaea, dies at 100Physician / 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.