Today in Medical History

October 19 in Medical History

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

Events

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  1. 1943Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New JerseyDrug / VaccineWikipedia
  2. 2014A functioning human intestine is generated in a laboratory from stem cells in the United StatesDiscovery / ResearchOnThisDay
  3. 2017Outbreak of the Marburg virus is declared by Uganda's Ministry of HealthDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  4. 2020Belgian officials say the country is facing a "tsunami" of COVID-19 cases amid new restrictions and report it has the third-highest number of COVID-related deaths per 100,000 people globallyDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  5. 2020Irish government moves country to highest level of COVID-19 restrictions amid rising casesDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  6. 2021Moscow's mayor orders unvaccinated people over 60 years old to stay home for four months amid a worsening COVID-19 crisisDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  7. 2025Venezuelan physician and humanitarian José Gregorio Hernández is canonized as a Catholic saint by Pope Leo XIVHealthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay

Born on this day

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  1. 1605Thomas BrowneEnglish philosopher and writer (Garden of Cyrus), born in London (d. 1682)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1688William CheseldenEnglish surgeon and anatomist, born in Somerby, England (d. 1752)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  3. 1871Walter Bradford CannonAmerican physiologist (Wisdom of the Body, coined term "fight or flight response"), born in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin (d. 1945)Medical scientistOnThisDay
  4. 1916Jean DaussetFrench-Spanish immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)Medical scientistWikipedia
  5. 1918Charles EvansBritish mountaineer and surgeon (deputy leader 1953 British Everest expedition, led 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1995)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  6. 1956Carlo UrbaniItalian physician (died 2003)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia

Died on this day

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  1. 1682Thomas BrowneEnglish philosopher and writer (Garden of Cyrus), dies at 77Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1790Lyman HallAmerican physician and signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at 66Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  3. 1815Paolo MascagniItalian physician and anatomist (born 1755)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  4. 1909Cesare LombrosoItalian psychiatrist and criminologist, dies at 73Psychiatry / PsychologyOnThisDay
  5. 1926Victor BabeşRomanian physician and bacteriologist, dies at 72Medical scientistOnThisDay
  6. 1972Dr. Fredrick Arthur WilliusAmerican cardiologist and medical historian, dies from bladder cancer at 83Physician / 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.