June 8 – On This Day in Medical History
Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with June 8.
Events
Births
1870 – Max Brödel (1870–1941), German medical illustrator; described Brödel’s Suture and introduced carbon dust technique for half-tone realism and depth in illustrations
1888 – Friedericke Mathilde Saur (1888-1973), German born, American pathologist; worked alongside George Hoyt Whipple to describe Whipple disease (1907) and fundamentally shape our understanding of anaemia and liver therapy
Deaths
No major medical milestones added for this date yet — this page is being expanded
Further reading
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