Today in Medical History

September 3 in Medical History

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

Events

10
  1. 1928Discovery of PenicillinScottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming discovers a mold later identified as penicillin while sorting through petri dishes containing colonies of the bacteria Staphylococcus, at St. Mary's Hospital in LondonDiscovery / ResearchOnThisDay
  2. 1973Jerry Lewis 's 8th annual Muscular Dystrophy Telethon raises $12,395,973Healthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  3. 1979Jerry Lewis 's 14th annual Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $30,075,227Healthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  4. 1984Jerry Lewis 's 19th annual Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $32,074,566Healthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  5. 1990Jerry Lewis 's 25th annual Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $44,172,186Healthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  6. 1992Jerry Lewis 's 27th annual Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $45,759,368Healthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  7. 2000Jerry Lewis's 35th annual Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $54,610,289Healthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  8. 2006Jerry Lewis's 41st annual Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $61,013,855Healthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  9. 2020Actor Robert Pattinson tests positive for COVID-19, shutting down production of "The Batman"Notable person's healthOnThisDay
  10. 2020More healthcare workers have died of COVID-19 in Mexico than in any other country, with 1,320 deaths compared to 1,077 in the US and 649 in the UK, according to Amnesty InternationalDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay

Born on this day

6
  1. 1659Michel SarrazinFrench surgeon and naturalist (kings physician in New France, discovered sarsaparilla), baptized at Gilly-lès-Cîteaux, France (d. 1734)Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  2. 1869Fritz PreglSlovenian chemist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1930)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  3. 1891Bessie DelanyAmerican dentist and civil rights pioneer (Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years), born in Raleigh, North Carolina (d. 1995)Dentist / Pharmacist / AlliedOnThisDay
  4. 1899Frank Macfarlane BurnetAustralian virologist (Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for tissue grafting), born in Traralgon, Victoria, Australia (d. 1985)Medical scientistWikipedia
  5. 1938Liliane AckermannFrench microbiologist, community leader, writer, and lecturer (died 2007)Medical scientistWikipedia
  6. 1953George PeponisGreek-Australian rugby league player and physicianPhysician / SurgeonWikipedia

Died on this day

4
  1. 1120Gerard Thom (The Blessed Gerard)founder of the Knights Hospitaller (born c. 1040)Health leader / ActivistWikipedia
  2. 1849Ernst Freiherr von FeuchterslebenAustrian physician and philosopher, dies at 43Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  3. 1944John LumsdenIrish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (born 1869)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  4. 1990David AcerAmerican dentist from Florida, dies of AIDS after allegedly infecting 6 of his patientsDentist / Pharmacist / AlliedOnThisDay

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.