Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with June 12.

Events

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Births

1854 – Charles Edward Beevor (1854-1908), English neurologist; described Beevor sign (1898), Beevor’s Axiom (1898), Jaw jerk (1896)

1890 – Théophile Antonin Joseph Alajouanine (1890-1980), French neurologist; described Foix-Alajouanine syndrome (1926), Marie–Foix–Alajouanine syndrome (1922), Guillain sign (1923)

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Deaths

1913 – Emil Pins (1845-1913), Austrian physician; described Pins sign I and II (1889) in pericarditis, and a musical mediastinal heart murmur (1890).

2004 – Eeva Therman-Patau (1916-2004), Finnish-American cytogeneticist; major figure in the field of human cytogenetics, known among her colleagues as “Mrs. X Chromosome.”

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