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Significant Events in Medical History on July 19
(1865) French mineralogist and crystallographer Georges Friedel is born. He is known for proving the physical capabilities of crystallography, a process which can be
Significant Events in Medical History on January 16
(1838) German philosopher, psychologist, and priest Franz Brentano was born. He had many theories on judgment, perception, and the difference between genetic and descriptive
Significant Events in Medical History on September 26
(1758) Argentinian physician Cosme Argerich is born. He is known for helping contain the smallpox epidemics in Argentina and became the country’s primary advocate
Notable Events in Medical History: January 26 Highlights
(1823) English physician and scientist Edward Jenner passes away. He is known as the pioneer of the world’s first vaccine , which was developed
Key Medical Updates and Breakthroughs from December 14, 2016
December 14, 2016: (1) (1546) Danish astronomer and chemist Tycho Brahe is born. He created a number of recipes for herbal medicines to cure
Significant Events in Medical History on September 23
(1853) American physician William Stewart Halsted is born. He is remembered for introducing a number of surgeries, including radical mastectomy for breast cancer .
Significant Events in Medical History on July 28
July 28: (1) (1869) Czech anatomist and physiologist Jan Purkyně passes away. He is best known for his discovery of Purkinje cells, large neurons
Significant Events in Medical History on December 2
December 2: (1759) English botanist James Edward Smith is born. He is known for founding the Linnean Society, a society dedicated to the study
Significant Events in Medical History on September 13
September 13 (1) (1851) U.S. Army physician Walter Reed is born. His team theorized and confirmed that yellow fever is transmitted by a particular
Key Medical Milestones and Events on November 22, 2016
November 22, 2016: (1) (1824) Baltic German physician and ophthalmologist Georg von Oettingen is born. He is known for being the first to provide
Significant Medical Milestones and Events on March 21 Throughout History
(1911) African-American scientist and inventor Walter Lincoln Hawkins is born. He is known for making universal service possible by a plastic to cover telephone
Significant Events in Medical History on May 2: Discover What Happened Today
(1831) Canadian-born doctor Emily Stowe was born. She was the first female doctor to practice in Canada and the first woman to be a
Significant Events in Medical History on May 8: A Look Back at Milestones
(1902 ) French microbiologist André Michel Lwoff is born. He was awarded a Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1965 for the discovery of the
Notable Events in Medical History: April 10 Highlights
(1755) German physician Samuel Hahnemann is born. He is best known for creating the medical system of homeopathy , an alternative form of medicine.
Latest Breakthroughs and Insights in Medical News for May 26
(1907) French physician and haematologist Jean Bernard is born. He was the director of the Institute for Leukemia at the University of Paris and
Significant Events in Medical History on July 18
(1921) American psychiatrist Aaron T. beck is born. He developed self-report measures of depression and anxiety, including the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Beck Anxiety
Significant Medical Milestones: What Happened on January 9 in History
(1878) American psychologist John B. Watson was born. He is known for developing the psychological school of behaviorism, an approach to understanding human behavior
Significant Events in Medical History on November 28
November 28: (1680) German Jesuit scholar and polymath Athanasius Kircher is born. His research was on a number of topics, including biology where he
Significant Events in Medical History on July 7
(1843) Italian physician, biologist, pathologist, scientist Camillo Golgi is born. Along with studying the different cellular components , he is most remembered for identifying
Significant Medical Milestones: What Happened on January 11 in Medical History
(1638) Danish scientist Nicolas Steno was born. He is known for studying the hearts of cows and determining that they were just regular muscles,