Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with May 1.

Events

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Births

1844 – Henri Parinaud (1844-1905), French ophthalmologist and neurologist; described Parinaud Syndrome (Dorsal Midbrain Syndrome) (1883), ,and Parinaud Oculoglandular Syndrome (1889)

1952 – Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934), Spanish biologist and pathologist; described Interstitial Cell of Cajal (ICC), Cajal-Retzius Cells, Cajal Body, Cajal’s Stain and his Neuron Doctrine (or Neuron Theory). Shared Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1906) with Camillo Golgi (1843-1926)

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Deaths

1900 – Sergei Sergeievich Korsakoff Серге́й Серге́евич Ко́рсаков (1854-1900), Russian psychiatrist; described Korsakoff Syndrome (1887)

1962 – Pío Manuel Martínez Curbelo (1906-1962), Cuban anaesthesiologist who reported the first lumbar epidural catheter technique for continuous segmental (“peridural”) anaesthesia in 1947

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Further reading