Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with March 19.

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Births

1798 – Thomas Cuming (1798-1887), Northern Irish physician; described Cuming sign (1822)

1809 – Amédée Bonnet (1809-1858), French orthopaedic surgeon; published the first cadaveric studies and account of the Segond fracture (1845)

1845 – Carl Weigert (1845-1904), German pathologist; described the Weigert-Meyer rule (1877) and Weigert’s law (1896)

1873– Henry Harrington Janeway (1873-1921), American physician and pioneer for radiation therapy in the treatment of cancer. Described the Janeway Gastrostomy (1913) and invented the Janeway Laryngoscope (1913), and Janeway rhythmic inflation apparatus (1910)

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Deaths

1864 – Alexander Tietze (1864-1927), German surgeon; described Tietze syndrome (1921)

1934 – Carl Bernhard Schlatter (1864-1934), Swiss Surgeon; described Osgood-Schlatter disease (1903) and the Schlatter operation (1897)

1988 – Leon Ginzburg (1898-1988), American surgeon and gastroenterologist; provided early description of granulomatous ileal disease Crohn’s disease (1925)

2018 – Otto Paul Hornstein (1926-2018), German dermatologist; described Hornstein-Knickenberg syndrome (HKS)(1975)

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