August 29 – On This Day in Medical History
Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with August 29.
Events
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Births
1850 – Robert Marcus Gunn (1850-1909) was a Scottish Ophthalmologist; described Marcus Gunn pupillary phenomenon (1902)
1904 – Werner Theodore Otto Forßman (1904-1979), German physician, Nobel Laureate and a pioneer of interventional cardiology.
1911 – Sir John Charnley (1911-1982) English orthopaedic surgeon; invented the Charnley hip prosthesis (1950)
Deaths
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Further reading
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