October 15 in Medical History
15 entries: discoveries, epidemics, drugs and the people who shaped medicine.
Observed today
- Breast Health Day (Europe)
- National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
Events
- Oral ContraceptiveFirst synthesis of an oral contraceptive (norethindrone) is achieved by Luis E. Miramontes under the direction of Carl Djerassi and George Rosenkranz at the Mexican drug company Syntex
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to Jens Christian Skou, Paul D. Boyer, and John E. Walker for their work on enzymes in the body
- 60 Minutes and The Washington Post publish a story detailing how Congress passes a bill sponsored by Tom Marino that hinders the fight against the opioid crisis
Born on this day
- Joseph Clement JuglarFrench physician and statistician (business cycle pioneer), born in Paris, France (d. 1905)
- Frances TustinEnglish child psychologist, born in Darlington, England (d. 1994)
- Anthony HopkinsEnglish clinical neurologist and Director of the Research Unit at the Royal College of Physicians, born in Poole, Dorset (d. 1997)
- Peter C. DohertyAustralian immunologist and veterinary surgeon (Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine1996), born in Brisbane, Australia
- Sali Berisha41st Prime Minister of Albania (2005-13) and 3rd President of Albania (1992-97), born in Viçidol, Albania
Died on this day
- RhazesPersian polymath (born 864)
- Andreas VesaliusBelgian-Greek anatomist, physician, and author (born 1514)
- John MorganAmerican physician-in-chief of Continental Army and co-founder of the Medical College at the University of Pennsylvania, the first medical school in Colonial America, dies at 54
- Konrad Emil BlochGerman-American biochemist, (1964 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work on cholesterol), dies at 88
- Mildred Fay JeffersonAmerican physician and pro-life activist (b. 1926)