January 31 – On This Day in Medical History
Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with January 31.
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Births
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Deaths
1836 – John Cheyne (1777-1836), Scottish surgeon and physician; described Cheyne-Stokes Respiration (1818); published on the pupil in head injury and Subarachnoid Haemorrhage (1812)
1942– Soma Weiss (1898-1942), Hungarian-born American physician; described Mallory–Weiss Syndrome (1929) and Charcot-Weiss-Baker syndrome (Carotid Sinus Syncope) (1933)
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