Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with June 3.

Events

1844 – While surgeon to the Meath Hospital, Francis Rynd (1801–1861) treated a case of severe facial neuralgia by introducing a morphia–creosote solution subcutaneously along the course of the affected nerves. The first published account of hypodermic needle injection of subcutaneous opiate in pain therapy .

2013 – World Clubfoot Day is established by the Ponseti International Association; observed on 3 June, the birthday of Ignacio Ponseti (1914–2009), an orthopaedic surgeon who pioneered non-surgical management of congenital clubfoot.

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Births

1886 – Petrus Johannes Waardenburg (1886-1979), Dutch ophthalmologist and geneticist. One of the founders of clinical genetics and eponymously remembered for his descriptions of Waardenburg syndrome (1951); Waardenburg-Jonkers disease (1961); and Shah-Waardenburg syndrome (1981).

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Deaths

1657 – William Harvey (1578-1657), English physician; made seminal contributions in the fields of anatomy and physiology

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Further reading

• Rynd F. Neuralgia – introduction of fluid to the nerve. Dublin Med Press 1845; 13: 167–168
• Rynd F. Description of an Instrument for the Subcutaneous Introduction of Fluids in Affections of  the Nerves. Dublin Quarterly Journal of Medical Science. 1861; 32: 13
• Gandee K. Ignacio Vives Ponseti (1914-2009). Embryo Project Encyclopedia 2017