Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with April 14.

Events

1961 – Thomas Geoffrey Barlow (1915-1975) first presented the Barlow maneuver (Barlow test) to the British Orthopaedic Association at Manchester. His test was based on the results of examining 7,742 children for congenital dislocation of the hip within a week of birth.

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Births

1815 – John Birkett (1815-1904), English general surgeon. Provided first description of Pipkin femoral head fracture (1869). Designed the Birkett forceps; Birkett artery forceps; and Birkett haemostatic forceps

1898– Louis Wolff (1898-1972), American cardiologist; described Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome (1930)

1935 – Nancy Burton Esterly (1935-2017), American pediatric dermatologist; described Esterly-McKusick syndrome (1971)

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Deaths

1920 – Moritz Benedikt (1835-1920), Austro-Hungarian neurologist; described Benedikt syndrome (1889)

1939 – Frederic Jay Cotton (1869-1939), American Orthopedic Surgeon; described the Cotton fracture (1915), Cotton grip (1910), and Cotton-Loder position

1998 – George Smith Phalen (1911-1998), American Orthopedic Surgeon; described Phalen’s test [Phalen’s maneuver] (1951)

2012 – Charles Miller Fisher (1913-2012), Canadian neurologist; described Miller Fisher syndrome (1956), Heel-Shin test (Heel-knee test) (1961), Fisher grade (1980), and the Fisher test

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Further reading