September 23 in Medical History
17 entries: discoveries, epidemics, drugs and the people who shaped medicine.
Events
- Richard Rhodes invents a hearing aid called the Rhodes Audiphone
- George VI, king of the United Kingdom, has his left lung removed in an operation after a malignant tumour was found.
- First broadcast of "Marcus Welby, M.D." on ABC-TV
- Scientists discover four genetically distinct types of breast cancer
- ModicareIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches "Modicare," a free healthcare program for 500 million people, the world's largest healthcare initiative
Born on this day
- William Stewart HalstedAmerican pioneering surgeon (introduced anesthesia and antisepsis while addicted to cocaine and opium), born in New York City (d. 1922)
- Alexandre YersinSwiss French bacteriologist (discovered bubonic plague bacillus), born in Aubonne, Switzerland (d. 1943)
- John Boyd OrrScottish physician (Nobel Peace Prize 1949 - Father of the Food and Agriculture Organization), born in Kilmaurs, Scotland (d. 1971)
- Gerard W. TaylorSouth African-British surgeon, born in Natal, South Africa (d. 1995)
- Dick TylerAmerican actor (The Bells of St. Mary's; The Aldrich Family), and chiropractor, born in New York City [sources vary slightly on year]
- Lloyd J. OldAmerican immunologist and academic (died 2011)
- Tareq SuheimatJordanian physician, general, and politician (died 2014)
- Julian ParkhillEnglish biologist and academic
Died on this day
- Hermannus Boerhaavemedical/botanist, dies at 69
- Matthew BaillieScottish Physician (first systematic study of pathology in 1793), dies at 61
- Sigmund FreudAustrian neurologist and father of psychology , dies at 83 (1856-1939)
- Yuri SenkevichRussian TV anchorman (b. 1937)