Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with April 1.

Events

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Births

1578 – William Harvey (1578-1657), English physician; made seminal contributions in the fields of anatomy and physiology

1905 – José Manuel Rivero Carvallo (1905-1993), Mexican cardiologist; described Rivero-Carvallo manouver / sign (1946)

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Deaths

1894 – Charles Edouard Brown-Séquard (1817-1894), French physician and physiologist; described Brown-Séquard Syndrome (1850) and invented “The Elixir of Life” (Brown-Séquard Elixir)

1932 – Evan O’Neill Kane (1861-1932), American general surgeon; performed auto-appendicectomy on February 15, 1921

1981 – William Gissane (1898-1981), Australian born, British surgeon; described the Gissane angle (1946)

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