Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with August 2.

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Births

1879 – Eli Moschcowitz (1879-1964), Hungarian born, American pathologist and physician. Described Moschcowitz syndrome [Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)] in 1924, Moschcowitz triad (1933), Moschcowitz sign (1933), and was a forerunner in the development of psychosomatic medicine

1910 – Robert Symon Garden (1910-1982), Scottish Orthopaedic surgeon; described Garden classification of hip fractures (1961) and designed the Garden Cannulated Screw

1924 – Javier Arias-Stella (1924-2020), Peruvian pathologist; described Arias Stella Reaction (1954)

1926 – William Wellesley Mapleson (1926-2018), English physicist of anaesthesia; invented the Mapleson Circuit Systems (1954)

1937 – Ingegerd Frøyshov Larsen, Norwegian physician and endocrinologist; described Hansen-Larsen-Berg syndrome (1976)

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Deaths

2015 – Forrest Morton Bird (1921-2015), American aviator, inventor, biomedical engineer and medical doctor. Designed the Bird Mark Series and the BabyBird medical respirator, Bird Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation, and Bird Phasitron,

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