Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with September 9.

Events

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Births

1737 – Luigi Galvani (1737-1798) Italian obstetrician, surgeon and anatomist. Discovered the physiological action of electricity and demonstrated the existence of natural electric current in animal tissue – “the electrical forces in muscular movements” or the ‘animal electricity‘

1844 – Friedrich Carl Ferdinand Busch (1844-1916), German surgeon and dentist; described Busch-Hoffa fracture (1869)

1853 – Pierre Marie (1853-1940), French neurologist; described Marie–Foix Syndrome (1913), Marie–Foix–Alajouanine syndrome (1922), Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (1886), Bamberger–Marie syndrome (1889), Marie-Strümpell disease (1884), and was the first to coin the term “acromegaly” in 1886

1892 – Nils Johan Hugo Westermark (1892-1980), Swedish radiologist; described Westermark sign (1938)

1897 – Ella Hutzler Oppenheimer (1897-1981), American pathologist; described Landing-Oppenheimer syndrome (1957, 1959)

1927 – David H. Spodick (1927-2019), American Cardiologist; described Spodick stages of pericarditis (1974), Spodick sign in acute pericarditis (1974), and Spodick sign in aortic stenosis (1976)

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Deaths

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