Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with April 6.

Events

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Births

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

1870 – Oskar Vogt (1870-1959), German neurologist; described Vogt-Vogt syndrome (1919)

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Deaths

1863 – William Hallock Park (1863–1939) was an American Immunologist; described Park–Williams Bacillus (PW8 strain, 1894), Park–Williams Fixative (1890), Park–Holt Pasteurised Milk (1903). Park was central to the medical confirmation of Mary Mallon (“Typhoid Mary”), the first recognized healthy carrier of Salmonella typhi in the United States.

1962 – Henri Mondor (1885-1962), French physician; described Mondor disease (1939), and Penile Mondor disease

1963 – Allen Oldfather Whipple (1881-1963), American surgeon; described Whipple procedure (1935) Pancreaticoduodenectomy and Whipple triad (1938)

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Further reading