Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with May 10.

Events

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Births

1850 – Arthur Edward James Barker (1850-1916), Irish-British surgeon, asepsis pioneer, and key figure in local infiltration and spinal analgesia.

1894 – Theodore Ernst Obrig (1894–1967), American optician; pioneered cobalt-blue and fluorescein viewing (1938), for contact lens fitting and corneal surface assessment.

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Deaths

1917 – Louis Théophile Joseph Landouzy (1845-1917), French neurologist; described Landouzy-Dejerine syndrome (1884), Landouzy syndrome (1875), and Landouzy-Grasset law (1879)

2010 – Robert Bruce Salter (1924-2010), Canadian surgeon; described Salter-Harris Classification (1963) and Salter operation (innominate osteotomy for congenital dislocation of the hip)

2025 – Charlotte Dravet (1936-2025), French paediatric psychiatrist and epileptologist; described Dravet Syndrome (1978)

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Further reading