Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with March 17.

Events

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Births

1863 – Anna Wessels Williams (1863-1954), American public health physician and bacteriologist. Described the Park-Williams bacillus (1894), Williams stain (1905), and Park-Williams fixative

1900 – Priscilla White (1900-1989), American physician; described the White Classification of Diabetes in Pregnancy (1949)

1908– Edward Boyce Tuohy (1908-1959), American anaesthesiologist. Designed the Tuohy Needle (1944)

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Deaths

1853 – Christian Andreas (Johann) Doppler (1803-1853), Austrian physicist; described the Doppler effect (1842)

1935 – William John Adie (1886-1935), Australian neurologist; described Adie Syndrome (1931), and Adie-Critchley syndrome (1927)

1945 – Sir Thomas Lewis (1881-1945), Welsh cardiologist; described the Lewis lead (S5-lead) (1913), and Lewis Triple Response (1927)

1978 – Jacques Forestier (1890-1978), French physician and rheumatologist; described the The Bowstring Sign of Forestier (1951), Forestier-Certonciny syndrome (1953) and was responsible for introducing Lipiodol and Contrast Myelography (1922)

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