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

Events

1954 – Sauerbruch – Das war mein Leben premiered in Germany, a biographical “doctor film” based on the memoirs attributed to thoracic surgeon Ernst Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875–1951). Texts largely shaped by ghostwriter Hans Rudolf Berndorff and serialised in Revue ahead of the film’s release. The film is often cited as one of the most successful German “Arztfilme” (physician-centred dramas) of its era.

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Births

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Deaths

1629 – Caspar Bartholin the elder (1585-1629), Danish physician; named nervus olfactorius and nervus vagus (cranial nerves)

1989 – Nikolay Dmitriyevich Sheklakov (1918-1989), medical mycologist and dermatologist; described the Sheklakov sign of perifocal subepidermal separation (“false Nikolskiy sign”)

1992 – Cicely Delphine Williams (1893–1992), Jamaican born, English paediatrician, nutritionist and child health advocate; defined Kwashiorkor (1933)

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

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Further reading

• Sauerbruch – Das war mein Leben. IMDb