September 7 – On This Day in Medical History
Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with September 7.
Events
No major medical milestones added for this date yet — this page is being expanded
Births
1816 – Ritter von Hebra (1816-1880), Austrian physician and dermatologist. Member of the Dreigestirn with Carl von Rokitansky (1804-1878); and Joseph Škoda (1805–1881). Founder of the New Vienna School of Dermatology
1908 – Michael Ellis DeBakey (1908–2008), American vascular surgeon
Deaths
1914 – Walter Holbrook Gaskell (1847-1914), British physiologist central to our current understanding of cardiac physiology
1922 – William Stewart Halsted (1852-1922), American surgeon; invented Halsted Gloves and described Halsted Operation (Radical Mastectomy) and Halsted Syndrome. He performed one of the earliest recorded human-to-human blood transfusions…and so much more
1936 – Berkeley George Andrew Moynihan, Lord Moynihan of Leeds (1865-1936), English General surgeon; described Moynihan sign (1905), Moynihan’s hump of right hepatic artery and Moynihan’s gutter
1953 – Robert Kienböck (1871-1953), Austrian radiologist. Described Kienböck disease (1910) and invented the Kienböck Quantimeter (1905)
Further reading
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