November 30 in Medical History
25 entries: discoveries, epidemics, drugs and the people who shaped medicine.
Events
- An estimated 46,000 inhabitants of Venice die in November 1630 from the plague
- The Balmis Expedition starts in Spain with the aim of vaccinating millions against smallpox in Spanish America and Philippines.
- In its 245 year history, Dorothy Hodgkin becomes the first woman to be awarded the Copley Medal for her outstanding contribution to the structures of complex molecules, particularly penicillin
- American actor Burt Lancaster suffers a stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed
- Rob Pilatus, 27, of the disgraced pop duo Milli Vanilli, attempts suicide
- DeepMind's AlphaFold AI program achieves a scientific breakthrough by accurately predicting the 3D structures of proteins from their amino acid sequences, a task that had challenged scientists for 50 years
- Los Angeles County begins three-week stay-at-home order for 10 million people to combat COVID-19 surge
- Chinese authorities ease some COVID-19 restrictions in cities, including Guangzhou, following days of protests
Born on this day
- Jędrzej ŚniadeckiPolish writer, physician, chemist (creation of modern Polish terminology in the field of chemistry), born in Żnin, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1838)
- Alexander BerryScottish surgeon and adventurer (established the first European settlement on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia), born in Hilltarvit Mains Farmhouse, Cupar, Fife, Scotland (d. 1873)
- Martha RipleyAmerican physician (died 1912)
- John McCraeCanadian physician , soldier and poet (In Flanders Fields), born in Guelph, Ontario (1872-1918)
- Edgar AdrianEnglish physiologist (Nobel 1932-function of neurons), born in Hampstead, London (d. 1977)
- Jane C. WrightAmerican oncologist and cancer researcher (died 2013)
- Andrew SchallyPolish-American endocrinologist (died 2024)
- Adeline Yen MahChinese-American writer (Falling Leaves) and physician, born in Tianjin, Republic of China
- John M. GoldmanEnglish haematologist and oncologist (died 2013)
- Bob TewksburyAmerican MLB pitcher, 1986-98 (New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, and 4 other teams), broadcaster, and sports psychologist, born in Concord, New Hampshire
- Jeff ErlangerAmerican disability rights activist (Mister Rogers' Neighborhood), born in Madison, Wisconsin (d. 2007)
Died on this day
- William GilbertEnglish physician and physicist (research into magnetism), dies probably of the plague at 59
- Marcello MalpighiItalian physician who founded the science of microscopic anatomy, dies at 66
- Naomi DattaBritish geneticist and bacteriologist (pioneer in investigating the development of resistance to antibiotics by bacteria), dies at 86
- Homer R. WarnerAmerican cardiologist and academic (born 1922)
- Vera Houghton [née Travis]British women's health campaigner and founder of Birth Control Trust, dies at 99
- Marcus KlingburgIsraeli epidemiologist and soviet spy, dies at 97