April 25 – On This Day in Medical History
Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with April 25.
Events
1903 – In a famous self-experiment, Sir Henry Head (1861-1940) had his superficial radial nerve (and the lateral cutaneous nerve of the forearm) surgically divided, a segment excised, and immediately repaired with fine silk sutures by James Sherren (1872-1945). Head’s sensory recovery over the following 5 years was mapped by William Halse Rivers Rivers (1864-1922) helping shape the classic distinctions between deep, protopathic, and epicritic sensation.
Births
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Deaths
1678 – François Gigot de La Peyronie (1678-1747), French surgeon; described Peyronie disease [aka Lapeyronie disease] in 1743
2014 – John J Osborn (1917-2014), American intensivist; described Osborn wave (J wave) (1953)
Further reading
- Rivers WH, Head H. A human experiment in nerve division. Brain 1908; 31(3): 323–450 [Radial nerve dissection]
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