Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with February 28.

Events

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Births

• 1896 – Philip Showalter Hench; Nobel laureate for his work on cortisone and its treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
• 1911 – Denis Parsons Burkitt (1911-1993), Irish surgeon; described Burkitt Lymphoma (1958)

Deaths

• 1920 – Camillo Bozzolo (1845-1920), Italian physician; described Bozzolo sign of aortic regurgitation (1887)
• 1970 – Richard F. Ashman (1890-1970), American physiologist; described Ashman phenomenon (1947)
• 2011 – Charles Sumner Neer II (1917-2011)l; defined the Neer classification of proximal humeral fractures and the Neer prosthesis

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