March 25 – On This Day in Medical History
Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with March 25.
Events
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Births
1885 – George Philo Pitkin (1885-1943), American surgeon, inventor, and pioneer of controllable spinal anaesthesia. Associated with Spinocain, the Pitkin spinal needle, Pitkin San-a-lok syringe, and the Pitkin tiltometer.
1904 – Jean Lenègre (1904-1972), French cardiologist; pioneer in elucidating the pathology of intraventricular conduction disturbances
Deaths
1913 – Alfred Lewis Galabin (1843-1913), English obstetric physician. Recognized for his first documentation of AV block in humans and his two textbooks: Diseases of Women (1879) and A Manual of Midwifery (1886)
Further reading
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