Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with February 2.

Events

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Births

1825 – John Call Dalton Jr (1825-1889), American experimental neurophysiologist; introduced teaching physiology by demonstration of animals that had ablative lesions operated under ether anaesthesia.

1833 – Carl von Liebermeister (1833-1901), German Physician. Described the Liebermeister rule, defining the relationship between pulse frequency and body temperature in fever

1848 – James Adolf Israël (1848-1926), German surgeon; described Actinomyces israelii, and Nicoladoni-Israel-Branham sign (1877)

1900 – MacDonald Critchley (1900-1997), English neurologist; described Adie-Critchley syndrome (1927). Influential neurological writer with books including The Divine Banquet of the Brain and The Citadel of the Senses, The Parietal Lobes, and Music and the Brain

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Deaths

1926– James Adolf Israël (1848-1926), German surgeon; described Actinomyces israelii, and Nicoladoni-Israel-Branham sign (1877)

1936 – William Henry Battle (1855-1936), English surgeon; described Battle sign (1890), Battle incision (1895) and Battle operation (1901)

1958– Edwin Sterling Munson (1870-1958), American ophthalmologist; described Munson sign (1933)

1959 – Edward Boyce Tuohy (1908-1959), American anaesthesiologist. Designed the Tuohy Needle (1944)

1959 – Eduard Glanzmann (1887-1959), Swiss paediatrician; described Glanzmann thrombastenia (1918)

1969 – Newton Clarence Browder (1893-1969), American physician; described the Lund and Browder Chart (1942)

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Further reading