Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with May 19.

Events

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Births

1897 – Pierre Mallet-Guy (1897-1995), French surgeon; described Mallet-Guy sign (1943)

1909 – Rolland J Whitacre (1909-1956), American anaesthesiologist; invented Whitacre epidural needle tip

1911 – Maurice Sokolow (1911-2002), American Cardiologist; described the Sokolow-Lyon criteria (1949)

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Deaths

1922 – Heinrich Irenaeus Quincke (1842-1922), German physician. Described Quincke’s pulse (1868); Quincke’s triad (1871); Quincke’s oedema (1882); Quincke’s puncture (1891); and Achorion of Quincke (1886)

1931 – Adrien Albert Athanase Baneux (1874-1931), French medical caricaturist under the pseudonym Adrien Barrère. Produced a series of lithographs of the Professors in the Faculties of Medicine (4) and the Law (2) in 1904

2017 – Greta Janet Beighton (1939-2017), English nurse and genetic researcher; described the Beighton Score (1971)

2019 – David H. Spodick (1927-2019), American Cardiologist; described Spodick stages of pericarditis (1974), Spodick sign in acute pericarditis (1974), and Spodick sign in aortic stenosis (1976)

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Further reading

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