March 7 – On This Day in Medical History

Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with March 7.

Events


Births

1792Sir Thomas Watson, 1st Baronet (1792-1882) English physician; Watson water-hammer pulse (1837)

1892Sir Norman McAlister Gregg (1892-1966), Australian ophthalmologist; described Gregg’s disease (Congenital Rubella Syndrome) in 1941


Deaths

1959 – Michele Landolfi (1878-1959), Italian physician; described Landolfi sign (1909)

2018Guy Hugues Fontaine (1936-2018), French cardiologist and electrophysiolgist. Coined the term arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD), the epsilon wave, and Fontaine leads


Further reading

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