Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with August 17.

Events

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Births

1798 – Thomas Hodgkin (1798-1866), English physician and pathologist; described Hodgkin Disease (1832), Key-Hodgkin Murmur (1827)

1830 – Richard von Volkmann (1830-1889), German surgeon; described Volkmann triangle (1875), Volkmann ischaemic contracture (1881), and Hueter-Volkmann law (1862)

1866 – Riccardo Galeazzi (1866-1952), Italian orthopaedic surgeon; described Galeazzi Fracture (1934) and Galeazzi Test (segno di Galeazzi)

1868 – Albert Henry Freiberg (1868-1940), American Orthopedic Surgeon; described Freiberg infraction (1914)

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Deaths

1969 – Felix George Fleischner (1893-1969), Austrian-American radiologist. He described Fleischner lines (1936), the Fleischner sign (1959), and posthumously the Fleischner Society (inaugurated in 1969)

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Further reading