Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with March 14.

Events

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Births

1836 – Hermann Adolph Wülfing-Lüer (1836-1909), German Surgical instrument manufacturer; co-nventor of the Luer syringe

1844 – Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton (1844-1916), Scottish physician; described the actions of Nitrates in heart disease (1867)

1871 – Walter Stoeckel (1871–1961), German obstetrician–gynaecologist; introduced caudal epidural analgesia in labour (1909)

1934 – Leonid Ivanovich Rogozov (1934-2000), Russian surgeon; performed auto-appendicectomy on April 30, 1961

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Deaths

1882 – George Budd (1808-1882), English physician; described Budd–Chiari syndrome (1845) and Budd cirrhosis

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

1962 – Madge Thurlow Macklin (1893-1962), American medical geneticist; described Curth-Macklin syndrome (1954)

2016 – Lilly Dubowitz (1930-2016), Hungarian-born British paediatrician; described the Dubowitz Score (1970), Dubowitz neurological examination (1980)

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