June 12 – On This Day in Medical History
Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with June 12.
Events
No major medical milestones added for this date yet — this page is being expanded
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)
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.”
Further reading
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