June 6 – On This Day in Medical History
Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with June 6.
Events
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Births
1819 – Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke (1819-1892), German-born, Austrian physiologist; described Brücke reflex and the Red Reflex (1845–1847)
1856 – Emil Samuel Perman (1856-1946), Swedish general surgeon; described Perman sign of acute appendicitis (1904)
1886 – Paul Dudley White (1886-1973), American cardiologist. Described Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome (1930) and the McGinn-White pattern (1935)
1900 – Manfred Joshua Sakel (1900-1957), Austrian neuropsychiatrist; developed Insulin Coma Therapy (ICT) as a precursor to Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Deaths
1921 – Heinrich Ernst Albers-Schönberg (1865-1921), German radiologist; described Albers-Schönberg disease (1904), Osteopoikilosis (1915) and invented Die Kompressionsblende (1903)
Further reading
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