Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with May 14.

Events

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Births

1856 – Julia Dempsey; Sister Mary Joseph (1856-1939), American Catholic nun, nurse, and hospital administrator; described the Sister Joseph nodule (1928)

1906 – Ernst Trier Mørch (1908-1996) was a Danish-American anesthesiologist. Inventor of teh Mueller-Mørch ventilator (1954), and Mørch Laryngoscope (1951)

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Deaths

1918 – Karl Maximilian Wilhelm ‘Max’ Wilms (1867-1918), German surgeon and pathologist; described Wilms tumour, and Wilms operation I 

1979 – Sir Peter James Kerley (1900-1979), Irish radiologist; described Kerley lines – Types A, B and C (1933 and 1951)

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Further reading