Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with April 17.

Events

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Births

1804 – John Dalrymple (1804-1852), English surgeon and ophthalmologist; described Dalrymple sign (1852)

1824 – Jules Philippe Falret (1824-1902), French psychiatrist; described Lasègue-Falret syndrome (aka Folie à deux) in 1877

1888 – Mary Broadfoot Walker (1888–1974), Scottish physician; described the Mary Walker effect (1934)

1906 – Jan Gösta Waldenström (1906-1996), Swedish physician; described Waldenström macroglobulinemia (1944), and Waldenström disease (1945)

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Deaths

1936 – Mona Dew Roberts (1878-1936), Welsh General Practitioner and anaesthetist; invented the Mona Roberts Airway (1916)

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Further reading

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