Notable Birthdays in Medical History
John Fothergill (1712)
John Fothergill, an English physician, plant collector, and philanthropist, was born in 1712. He is recognized for being the first to name and identify trigeminal neuralgia, a chronic pain disorder that impacts the facial nerve responsible for sensation.
Edward Calvin Kendall (1886)
Born in 1886, Edward Calvin Kendall was an American chemist who made significant contributions to the field of medicine. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1950 for his research on the hormones of the adrenal glands, exploring their structure and function.
Hulusi Behçet (1948)
Hulusi Behçet, a Turkish dermatologist and scientist, was born in 1948. He is best known for describing Behçet’s disease, a rare condition characterized by inflammation of blood vessels and mediated by the immune system.