Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with February 26.

Events

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Births

1874 – Nikolay Sergeevich Korotkov (1874-1920), Russian surgeon; described Korotkoff sounds (1905)

1875 – Henry Khunrath Pancoast (1875-1939), American radiologist; described Pancoast Tumour (1924)

1881 – Hans Conrad Julius Reiter (1881-1969), German physician; described Reiter syndrome Reactive arthritis (1916)

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Deaths

1797 – William Cadogan (1711-1797), Welsh physician; “Father of infant care” in Britain and author of Nursing and the Management of Children (1748) and Gout (1771)

1884 – Alexander Wood (1817-1884), Scottish physician; designed the Hypodermic needle (1853)

1917 – Jules-Joseph Déjerine (1849-1917), Swiss-French neurologist; described Landouzy-Dejerine syndrome (1884), Dejerine-Sottas Disease (1893), Dejerine-Roussy syndrome (1906), Dejerine-Thomas syndrome (1900) and provided one of the first modern descriptions of agraphia

1919 – Henri Chaput (1857-1919), French Surgeon; described Tillaux-Chaput fracture (1907), the Chaput tubercle, and Les gants de Chaput

1947 – Alban Köhler (1874-1947), German Radiologist; described Köhler-Pellegrini-Stieda lesion (1905), Köhler disease I (1908), and Freiberg-Köhler disease  (1915)

1947 – Louis Sigurd Fridericia (1881-1947), Danish physician; described Fridericia formula (1920)

1967 – William Howard Hailey (1898-1967), American dermatologist; described Hailey-Hailey disease (Familial Benign Chronic Pemphigus)

1971 – Raymond Garcin (1897-1971), French neurologist; described Garcin-Guillain syndrome (1927), Signe de la main creuse de Garcin (1955), and Stern–Garcin syndrome (1962)

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Further reading

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