Notable Events in Medical History on March 16

Notable Birthdays in Medical History

Rebecca Cole (1846)

Rebecca Cole, an American physician, organization founder, and social reformer, was born in 1846. She is recognized as the second African-American woman to earn a medical degree in the United States.

Luis E. Cárdenas (1925)

Mexican chemist Luis E. Cárdenas was born in 1925. He is renowned for co-inventing the progestin norethisterone, which played a significant role in the development of one of the earliest oral contraceptives.

Raymond Vahan Damadian (1936)

Raymond Vahan Damadian, an Armenian-American physician and inventor, was born in 1936. He is best known for inventing the first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine, a groundbreaking advancement in medical imaging technology.