Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with August 8.

Events

• 1993 — Australian Commonwealth Minister for Health approved Emergency Medicine as a principal medical specialty on August 8, 1993. A significant milestone for the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) and the formal recognition of emergency care in Australia and New Zealand

Births

• 1762 — Giovanni Battista Montéggia (1762-1815), Italian surgeon; described Montegia Fracture (1812)
• 1763 — Thomas Spens (1763-1842), Scottish physician provided first written description of  Stokes-Adams syndrome (1792)
• 1835 — Thomas George Morton (1835-1903), American general surgeon; described Morton metatarsalgia (1876)
• 1914 — William Alexander McRoberts Jr (1914-2006), American obstetrician; described McRoberts Manoeuvre as a first-line procedure in the management of shoulder dystocia
• 1915 — Harry Angelman (1915-1996), English paediatrician; described Angelman syndrome (1965)

Deaths

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

Further reading

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