Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with June 24.

Events

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Births

1795 – Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795-1878), German anatomist, physiologist, and pioneering experimental psychologist. Described the Weber test (1834), Weber law, and Weber’s Two-Point Threshold

1879 – Myrtelle May Canavan (1879-1953), American neuropathologist; described Canavan disease (1931)

1890 – Ivan Yakovlievich Razdolskii (1890-1962) was a Russian Neurosurgeon; described the Razdolsky sign (1924)

1917 – Williams McIver Bryan, Jr (1917-2007), American obstetrician and gynecologist; described Bryan Sign (1955)

1931 – Robert McDonald Hess Jr (1931-2019), American neurosurgeon; described the Hunt-Hess Scale (1968)

1950 – Cornelia Catharina de Lange (1871-1950), Dutch paediatrician; described Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) (1933)

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Deaths

1853 – Charles Gabriel Pravaz (1791–1853), French orthopaedic surgeon. The seringue de Pravaz was an early controlled injection device and precursor to the hypodermic syringe.

1942 – Karl Albert Ludwig Aschoff (1866-1942), German physician and pathologist. Described Rokitansky–Aschoff sinuses (1842, 1905), Aschoff bodies (1904), and Aschoff-Tawara node (1906) [AV node]

2017 – Ruth Illig (1924-2017), German pediatric endocrinologist; described Illig syndrome

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