Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with January 27.

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Births

1621 – Thomas Willis (1621–1675), English physician; described Willis-Ekbom disease (1685) and the Circle of Willis

1854 – George Alexander Gibson (1854-1913), Scottish physician. Described the Gibson murmur (1906) and coined the term Cheyne–Stokes respiration in his article “An Examination of the Phenomena in Cheyne–Stokes Respiration.”

1898 – Soma Weiss (1898-1942), Hungarian-born American physician; described Mallory–Weiss Syndrome (1929) and Charcot-Weiss-Baker syndrome (Carotid Sinus Syncope) (1933)

1936 – Andranik (Andy) Ovassapian (1936-2010) was an American anesthesiologist; invented the Ovassapian Intubating Airway (1988)

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Deaths

1890 – Carl Friedrich Otto Westphal (1833-1890), German neurologist; described Leyden-Westphal Ataxia (1872), Westphal Sign (1875), Westphal-Strümpell Pseudosclerosis (1883), Westphal syndrome (1885), Edinger-Westphal nucleus (1887)

1950 – Jean Marie Joseph Capgras (1873-1950), French psychiatrist; described Capgras syndrome (1923)

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