Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with June 13.

Events

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Births

1883 – Arthur Ernest Guedel (1883-1956), American anesthesiologist. Designed the Guedel-Waters Cuffed intratracheal tube (1928), Guedel Oropharyngeal airway (1933), Guedel laryngeal plug (1934), and Guedel classification (1937)

1884 – Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884-1983), American gastroenterologist; described Crohn’s disease (1932)

1913 – Edward Harry Bishop (1913-1995), American obstetrician and gynecologist; defined the Bishop Score (1964) and uterine tocolysis (1961) 

1918 – Brian Arthur Sellick (1918-1996), English anaesthetist; described Sellick manoeuvre (1961) [Cricoid pressure]

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Deaths

1881 – Joseph Škoda (1805–1881), Czech physician; described Škodaic ressonance (1837), and Škoda sign (1852)

1951 – Peter Gordon Lawrence Essex-Lopresti (1916-1951), British orthopaedic surgeon; described Essex-Lopresti fracture (1951)

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