Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with August 22.

Events

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Births

1872 – Emanuel Libman (1872-1946), American physician; described Libman-Sacks endocarditis (1924), and Libman-Sacks vegetations

1890 – Ernst Baumann (1890-1978), Swiss surgeon and traumatologist; described the Baumann angle used in supracondylar fracture management in 1929

1916 – Georgina Ruth Hogg (1916-2002), Canadian pathologist; described Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome (1977)

1920 – Ferdinando Gianotti (1920-1984), Italian pediatric dermatologist; described Gianotti-Crosti syndrome (1955)

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Deaths

1828 – Franz Josef Gall (1758-1828), German neuroanatomist; early publications on cerebral localization and controversially associated with the pseudoscience of phrenology

1935 – Pierre Eugène Ménétrier (1859-1935), French surgeon; described Maladie de Ménétrier (1888)

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