Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with February 1.

Events

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Births

1867 – Conrad Ramstedt (1867–1963), German surgeon; described Ramstedt Operation (pylorotomy) (1912)

1874 – James Ramsay Hunt (1874-1937), American neurologist; described Ramsay Hunt syndrome (1907) and Ramsay Hunt paralysis (1917)

1882 – Charles Foix (1882-1927), French neurologist. Described Marie–Foix Syndrome (1913), Foix-Alajouanine syndrome (1926), and Marie–Foix–Alajouanine syndrome (1922)

1911 – Aagot Christie Løken (1911-2007), Norwegian physician; described Senior-Løken syndrome (1961)

1914 – Norman Jefferis ‘Jeff’ Holter (1914-1983), American chemist, physicist and biophysicist; inventor of the Holter monitor (1947)

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Deaths

1734 – Sir John Floyer (1649-1734), English physician; invented the Pulse-watch (1707) and strong advocate for cold bathing and hydrotherapy

1880 – Sir Dominic John Corrigan (1802-1880), Irish physician; described Corrigan sign I (1829), Corrigan Pulse (1832), Corrigan disease (1832), Corrigan cirrhosis (1838) and invented the Corrigan button (1846) and Corrigan hammer

1910 – Hermann Adolph Wülfing-Lüer (1836-1909), German Surgical instrument manufacturer; co-nventor of the Luer syringe

1921 – Henry Harrington Janeway (1873-1921), American physician and pioneer for radiation therapy in the treatment of cancer. Described the Janeway Gastrostomy (1913) and invented the Janeway Laryngoscope (1913), and Janeway rhythmic inflation apparatus (1910)

1946 – Vaughan Pendred (1869–1946), English general practitioner; described Pendred syndrome (1896)

1976– George Hoyt Whipple (1878-1976), American physician; described Whipple disease (1907) and coined the term thalassemia (1932

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Further reading

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