Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with September 5.

Events

2011 – Sci-Hub was launched by Alexandra Elbakyan, becoming the most prominent “shadow library” for scholarly articles and a flashpoint in the open-access debate by providing free access to paywalled research at massive scale. Praised by some as a protest against publishing barriers and condemned by others as systematic copyright infringement.

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Births

1816 – Ernest-Charles Lasègue (1816-1883), French Physician; described Lasègue sign (1864), and Lasègue-Falret syndrome (1877) [*aka Folie à deux] 

1858 – Eugen von Bamberger (1858-1921), Austrian internist; described Bamberger–Marie syndrome (1889)

1896 – Rudolf Nissen (1896-1981), German general surgeon; described the Nissen fundoplication

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Deaths

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

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Further reading

• Himmelstein DS, Romero AR, Levernier JG, Munro TA, McLaughlin SR, Greshake Tzovaras B, Greene CS. Sci-Hub provides access to nearly all scholarly literature. Elife. 2018 Mar 1;7:e32822.
• Cadogan M. Sci-Hub Pirate Paper Portal. LITFL