July 11 – On This Day in Medical History

Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with July 11.

Events

No major medical milestones added for this date yet — this page is being expanded


Births

1929Michael Antony Denborough (1929–2014), Australian anaesthetist; described Maladie de Denborough (1960) (malignant hyperthermia), and King–Denborough Syndrome (1973)


Deaths

1928Nikolay Markianovich Volkovich (1858-1928), Ukrainian surgeon; described Volkovich-Kocher sign of appendicitis

1950Henry Cuthbert Bazett (1885-1950), English physiologist; described Bazett formula (1920)

1979 David Marsh Bosworth (1897-1979), American Orthopedic Surgeon; described the Bosworth Fracture (1947)

2008Michael Ellis DeBakey (1908–2008), American vascular surgeon


Further reading

BA MA (Oxon) MBChB (Edin) FACEM FFSEM. Emergency physician, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Passion for rugby; medical history; medical education; and asynchronous learning #FOAMed evangelist. Co-founder and CTO of Life in the Fast lane | On Call: Principles and Protocol 4e| Eponyms | Books |