March 7 – On This Day in Medical History
Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with March 7.
Events
Births
1792– Sir Thomas Watson, 1st Baronet (1792-1882) English physician; Watson water-hammer pulse (1837)
1892 – Sir 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)
2018 – Guy 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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