January 26 – On This Day in Medical History
Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with January 26.
Events
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Births
1886 – Fidel Pagés Miravé (1886-1923), Spanish military surgeon. Enduring place in anaesthesia history with his 1921 paper describing “anestesia metamérica”, a lumbar perimeningeal/epidural technique aimed at segmental blockade
Deaths
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Further reading
BA MA (Oxon) MBChB (Edin) FACEM FFSEM. Emergency physician, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Passion for rugby; medical history; medical education; and asynchronous learning #FOAMed evangelist. Co-founder and CTO of Life in the Fast lane | On Call: Principles and Protocol 4e| Eponyms | Books |