July 15 – On This Day in Medical History
Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with July 15.
Events
1882 – Carl Johann August Langenbuch (1846-1901) performed the first successful cholecystectomy at Lazarus Hospital in Berlin, establishing removal of the gallbladder (not just stone drainage) as a definitive surgical treatment for gallstone disease.
Births
1814 – Edward Mott Moore (1814-1902), American Surgeon; described the Moore fracture (1869)
1931 – Renata Laxova (1931-2020), Czech-American medical geneticist; described Neu-Laxova syndrome (NLS) (1971)
Deaths
No major medical milestones added for this date yet — this page is being expanded
Further reading
- Langenbuch C. Ein Fall von Exstirpation der Gallenblase wegen chronischer Cholelithiasis: Heilung. Berliner Klinische Wochenschrift 1882; 19(48): 725–727
- Morgenstern L. Carl Langenbuch and the first cholecystectomy. Surg Endosc. 1992; 6(3): 113‐114.
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