Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with April 7.

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Births

1861 – Ernest Septimus Reynolds (1861-1926), English physician; first described Mees lines (Reynolds lines) in 1901

1887 – Jens Einar Meulengracht (1887–1976), Danish physician; provided early description of Gilbert syndrome (1900), Meulengracht ikterus index (1919), Meulengracht diet (1934), and Holst-Meulengracht disease (1945)

1907 – Friedrich Wegener (1907-1990), German pathologist; described ‘Wegener granulomatosis’ (Granulomatosis with polyangiitis)

1916 – Peter Gordon Lawrence Essex-Lopresti (1916-1951), British orthopaedic surgeon; described Essex-Lopresti fracture (1951)

1939 – Anne-Marie de Barsy (1939 – ), Belgian neurologist; described de Barsy syndrome (1968)

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Deaths

1625 – Adriaan van den Spiegel (1578-1625), Flemish anatomist and botanist; described Spigelian Line (linea semilunaris), Spigelian Fascia, Spigelian Hernia (1764), Spiegel’s Lobe (Caudate Lobe of the Liver) and Spigelia (Plant Genus)

1949 – Walther Müller (1888–1949), German orthopedic surgeon; described Müller-Weiss syndrome (MWS) (1927) and Müller-Ribbing-Clément syndrome (1939) 

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