Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with January 22.

Events

1992 – Dr. Roberta Bondar, a Canadian neurologist and physician, launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery (Mission STS-42) to become the world’s first neurologist in space. Her research investigated how low gravity affects space motion sickness, balance, spinal elongation, and the adaptation of blood flow in the brain.

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Births

1854 – Sergei Sergeievich Korsakoff Серге́й Серге́евич Ко́рсаков (1854-1900), Russian psychiatrist; described Korsakoff Syndrome (1887)

1926 – Otto Paul Hornstein (1926-2018), German dermatologist; described Hornstein-Knickenberg syndrome (HKS)(1975)

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Deaths

1841 – John Howship (1781-1841), English surgeon; described Howship-Romberg sign (1840) and Howship lacunae. Howship’s Practical observations in surgery, and morbid anatomy (1816) contains the first recorded description of a growing skull fracture (GSF) a rare paediatric complication of head trauma.

1910 – William Warwick Wagstaffe (Sr) (1843-1910), English General surgeon; described the Wagstaffe-Le Fort Fracture (1875) and Wagstaffe tubercle

1981 – Rudolf Nissen (1896-1981), German general surgeon; described the Nissen fundoplication

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Further reading

• Dr Roberta Bondar Profile