October 1 in Medical History
25 entries: discoveries, epidemics, drugs and the people who shaped medicine.
Events
- Rotterdam opens drinking water pipes
- Wiley Post's Fortunate MisfortuneOil field accident costs aviator Wiley Post his left eye; he uses the settlement money to buy his first aircraft
- The first practical CT scanner is used to diagnose a patient.
- California becomes the first US state to ban conversion therapy for minors
- More than 80,000 Americans died of the flu during the 2017-2018 winter, the highest in ten years, according to US health officials
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to James Allison and Tasuku Honjo for cancer treatment innovations
- Sanders Suffers Heart AttackUS presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is taken to hospital after suffering a heart attack
- US White House aide Hope Hicks tests positive for COVID-19
- Global COVID-19 death toll of recorded cases surpasses 5 million as the Delta variant continues to surge around the world
- US COVID-19 death toll surpasses 700,000, with daily deaths averaging 1,900
- Ringo Starr postpones two dates of his All-Starr Band tour due to illness
Born on this day
- William ShippenAmerican physician and politician (died 1801)
- Ádám PolitzerHungarian-Austrian physician, born in Albertirsa, Pest, Hungary (d. 1920)
- Fritz KöberleAustrian--Brazilian physician, pathologist, and scientific researcher, born in Eichgraben, Austria (d. 1983)
- Reginald HallEnglish endocrinologist, born in Belmont, England (d. 1994)
- Hedwig "Hedy" d'AnconaDutch feminist activist (Man Woman Society), magazine editor, and politician (Minister of Wealth, Health, and Culture, 1989-94; European Parliament, 1984-89, 1994-99; Dutch Senate 1974-83), born in The Hague, Netherlands
- Phyllis CheslerAmerican feminist psychologist
- Aaron CiechanoverIsraeli biologist, 2004 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for discovery of the method for protein degradation, born in Haifa, Israel
- Boris MorukovRussian cosmonaut, born in Moscow, USSR (d. 2015)
- Robert ReyBrazilian-American plastic surgeon and television personality, known for "Dr. 90210", born in São Paulo, Brazil
Died on this day
- John Light AtleeAmerican physician and surgeon (born 1799)
- Walter Bradford CannonAmerican physiologist (Traumatic Shock, coined term "fight or flight response"), dies at 73
- Ole Danbolt MjøsNorwegian physician, academic, and politician (born 1939)
- Art JanovAmerican psychologist and psychotherapist notable for creating primal therapy (The Primal Scream), dies of natural causes at 93
- Beryl BenacerrafAmerican radiologist and pioneer in using ultrasounds to diagnose fetal abnormalities, dies of cancer at 73