September 6 – On This Day in Medical History
Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with September 6.
Events
No major medical milestones added for this date yet — this page is being expanded
Births
1833 – Joseph “Joe” Jones (1833-1896), American Confederate surgeon; documented Hospital Gangrene (necrotizing fasciitis) and had multiple “near-discovery” of key pathogens.
1894 – Roy Glenwood Spurling (1894-1968), American neurosurgeon; described Spurling manoeuvre (Spurling’s Test) in 1944
Deaths
1964 – Alexis Frank Hartmann (1898-1964), American pediatrician; described Hartmann’s Solution (1932), and the Schaffer-Hartmann Method – for true blood glucose analysis
2007 – Judith Abarbanel Diesendruck (1920-2007), Russian-American bacteriologist. Described the Nelson-Diesendruck basal medium (1950); a survival medium for Treponema pallidum
Further reading
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