January 14 – On This Day in Medical History
Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with January 14.
Events
1794 – Jesse Bennett (1769–1842) performed the first recorded successful cesarean section in the United States on his wife, Elizabeth Bennett. Previously, physicians used cesarean operations were performed to deliver the foetus from a pregnant woman who had already died during childbirth. Bennett’s operation was the first cesarean section where both the pregnant woman and the infant survived.
Births
No major medical milestones added for this date yet — this page is being expanded
Deaths
1927 – Niels Thorkild Rovsing (1862-1927), Danish surgeon; described Rovsing Sign (1907)
1933 – Sir Robert Jones (1857-1933), Welsh General and Orthopaedic Surgeon; described the Jones Fracture (1902)
1963 – Hugh Edward Hailey (1909-1963), American dermatologist; described Hailey-Hailey disease (Familial Benign Chronic Pemphigus)
Further reading
- Crickard M. The doctor that history almost missed
- Jesse Bennett (1769–1842). Embryo Project
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