Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with February 10.

Events

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Births

1885 – Sir John Parkinson (1885-1976), English cardiologist; described Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome (1930)

1926 – Elisabeth Gathy Kaveggia (1926-2014), Hungarian born, American pediatrician and geneticist; described Opitz-Kaveggia syndrome (1974) [FG syndrome]

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Deaths

1775 – Claude Pouteau (1724–1775), French surgeon; described Pouteau fracture (1760) [Pouteau-Colles or Colles fracture]

1878 – Claude Bernard (1813-1878) was a French physician and physiologist; described Bernard-Horner syndrome (1862), and Bernard Syndrome (1852). Introduced the concept of the milieu intérieur, the stable internal environment necessary for cellular function

1911 – Edward Gamaliel Janeway (1841-1911), American physician; described the Janeway lesion (1899)

1923 – Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923), German physicist; inventor of Röntgen rays (1895)

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