April 20 – On This Day in Medical History
Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with April 20.
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Births
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Deaths
1750 – Jean-Louis Petit (1674-1750), French surgeon; described the Petit-type tourniquet (1718) and provided the earliest description of Colles fracture (1705)
1879 – Adolphe-Marie Gubler (1821-1879), French physician; described Millard-Gubler syndrome (1856) and Gubler’s line
1924 – Mary Clayton Holt (1924-1993), English cardiologist; described Holt-Oram syndrome (1960)
1963 – Pierre Le Damany (1870–1963), French physician; described Signe de Le Damany (1912)
1966 – Rufus Ivory Cole (1872-1966), American physician; described Cole-Cecil murmur (1908)
2006 – Ida Bianco Silverstroni (1917-2006), Italian physician; described Silvestroni-Bianco anaemia (1948)
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