Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with February 16.

Events

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Births

1858 – John Addison Fordyce (1858 –1925), American dermatologist; described Fox–Fordyce disease (1902) [aka Apocrine miliaria], Fordyce spots (Fordyce disease), and Fordyce lesion (Angiokeratoma of the scrotum)

1896 – Agostino Crosti (1896-1988), Italian dermatologist; described Crosti syndrome (1951), and Gianotti-Crosti syndrome (1955)

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Deaths

1956 – Rolland J Whitacre (1909-1956), American anaesthesiologist; invented Whitacre epidural needle tip

2021 – Bernard Lown (1921-2021) American cardiologist, activist and inventor. Original developer of the DC defibrillator and the cardioverter (1961); Nobel Peace Prize (1985); Lown–Ganong–Levine syndrome (1952)

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Further reading