August 16 – On This Day in Medical History
Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with August 16.
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Deaths
1893 – Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893), French neurologist and anatomopathologist; described Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (1886), Charcot disease (maladie de Charcot) (1868), Charcot-Weiss-Baker syndrome (1872), Charcot Triad (1879), and Erb-Charcot syndrome
1911 – Georges-Paul Dieulafoy (1839-1911) was a French physician; described Dieulafoy lesion (1898), Dieulafoy’s Triad (I and II), and invented the Dieulafoy aspirator (1869)
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