Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with May 26.

Events

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Births

1888 – Charles Edwin Woods (1888-1946), American obstetrician and gynaecologist; described Woods Screw Manoeuvre (1943)

1909 – Susan C. Dees (1909-2001), American pediatrician; among the first to recognise Wiskott-Aldrich immunodeficiency syndrome

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Deaths

1967 – Frans Johan Paul Frenckner (1896-1967), Swedish otolaryngologist; invented the Frenckner-Crafoord-Anderson Spiropulsator

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Further reading