Today in Medical History

November 1 in Medical History

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

Observed today

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  1. International Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Awareness DayHealth observanceWikipedia

Events

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  1. 1349Black Death Massacre: Duke of Brabant orders execution of all Jews in Brussels, accusing them of poisoning the wells during the Bubonic Plague; part of a wave of pogroms across Western EuropeDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  2. 1665MicrographiaRobert Hooke 's landmark work "Micrographia," with drawings using a microscope and coining the word "cell," is published by the Royal SocietyDiscovery / ResearchOnThisDay
  3. 1848Classes begin at Boston Female Medical College, the first US female medical collegeHealthcare institution / ProfessionWikipedia
  4. 1894Diphtheria VaccineVaccine for diphtheria is announced by Dr. Émile Roux of ParisDrug / VaccineOnThisDay
  5. 1921National Birth Control League & Voluntary Parenthood League merge as American Birth Control LeaguePublic health / PolicyOnThisDay
  6. 1939First animal conceived by artificial insemination (rabbit) displayedSurgery / Procedure / DeviceOnThisDay
  7. 2007Hingis Retires from Tennis5-time Grand Slam tennis winner Martina Hingis admits testing positive for cocaine during Wimbledon; maintains innocence; retires from tennis; no desire for fight with anti-doping authoritiesMedicine in film/TV/sportOnThisDay
  8. 2012Yellow fever kills 32 people and sickens 50 more in Darfur, SudanDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  9. 2020Slovakia completes testing two-thirds of its population for COVID-19 using quick antigen tests, 1.06% test positive out of 3.625 millionDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  10. 2021Global death toll from COVID-19 passes 5 million according to Johns Hopkins, with estimates the true toll is at least twice as highDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  11. 2021Novavax COVID-19 vaccine receives its first emergency use authorization in Indonesia. The first protein-based covid vaccine.Drug / VaccineOnThisDay

Born on this day

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  1. 1585Jan BrożekPolish mathematician, physician, and astronomer, born in Kurzelów, Sandomierz Province, Poland (d. 1652)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1666James SherardEnglish amateur composer, born in Bushby, Leicestershire, England (d. 1738)Dentist / Pharmacist / AlliedWikipedia
  3. 1815Crawford Williamson LongAmerican surgeon and pioneer (use of ether as an anesthetic in surgery), born in Danielsville, Georgia (d. 1878)Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  4. 1848Caroline Still AndersonAmerican physician, educator and abolitionist (died 1919)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  5. 1945Narendra DabholkarIndian author and activist, founded Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (died 2013)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  6. 1966Jeremy HuntBritish politician and Foreign Secretary (2018-), born in London, EnglandHealth leader / ActivistWikipedia

Died on this day

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  1. 1993George SheehanAmerican doctor, athlete and author ("Running & Being: The Total Experience," NY Times best seller), dies of prostate cancer at 74Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  2. 1993Severo OchoaSpanish-American physician and biochemist (Nobel 1959), dies at 88Medical scientistWikipedia
  3. 2012Welton TaylorAmerican microbiologist, inventor and civil rights activist (developed tests for salmonella), dies at 92Medical scientistOnThisDay
  4. 2021Aaron BeckAmerican psychiatrist (father of cognitive behavioural therapy), dies at 100Psychiatry / 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.