May 7 – On This Day in Medical History
Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with May 7.
Events
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Births
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Deaths
- 1939 – Richard Clarke Cabot (1868-1939), American physician. Described Cabot- Locke murmur (1903); Cabot Rings (1903); and formally introduced the term “Courvoisier’s Law”
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