Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with May 4.

Events

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Births

1868 – Fritz de Quervain (1868-1940), Swiss surgeon; described De Quervain disease (1894) and De Quervain thyroiditis

1907 – John Locke ‘Jock’ Lovibond (1907-1954), English physician; described the Lovibond angle (profile sign) of finger clubbing (1938)

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Deaths

1915 – Sir William Richard Gowers (1845-1915), English neurologist; described Gowers sign (1879) and myriad neurological neologisms

1954 – John Locke ‘Jock’ Lovibond (1907-1954), English physician; described the Lovibond angle (profile sign) of finger clubbing (1938)

1962 – Cécile Vogt-Mugnier (1875-1962), French neuropathologist; described Vogt-Vogt syndrome (1920) [Hammonds disease]

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Further reading