Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with April 15.

Events

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Births

1845 – Emil Pins (1845-1913), Austrian physician; described Pins sign I and II (1889) in pericarditis, and a musical mediastinal heart murmur (1890).

1895 – Charles Carroll Lund (1883-1972), American surgeon; described Lund and Browder Chart (1942)

1913 – Lotte Strauss (1913–1985), German-American pathologist; described Churg–Strauss syndrome (now eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, EGPA)

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Deaths

1936 – Louis Henri Vaquez (1860-1936), French physician; described Vaquez-Osler disease (1892) [aka Polycythemia Vera], Vaquez-Cottet test (1912), and Babinski-Vaquez syndrome (Babinski syndrome)

1967 – William Edwards Ladd (1880-1967), American paediatric surgeon; described Ladd bands (1932), Ladd’s syndrome (1932), and Ladd’s operation (1930)

1971 – Sir William Heneage Ogilvie (1887-1971), British surgeon; described Ogilvie Syndrome (1948) and Thomas sign (1955)

1999 – Patrick Gerard Collins (1923-1999), Irish general surgeon; described Collins sign (1999)

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