September 10 – On This Day in Medical History

Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with September 10.

Events

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Births

1624Thomas Sydenham (1624-1689), English physician; described Sydenham’s chorea (1686)

1655Caspar Bartholin the Younger (1655-1738), Danish physician; described Bartholin glands (1677) and Bartholin duct (1677)

1863Josef Jadassohn (1863-1936), German dermatologist; described Patch Testing (“Jadassohn-Bloch Technique”) (1895), Jadassohn-Lewandowsky syndrome (pachyonychia congenita) (1906), épithélioma de Borst-Jadassohn (1926), Jadassohn-Tièche blue naevus, Jadassohn-Pellizzari anetoderma

1900 Aubrey Otis Hampton (1900-1955), American Radiologist; described Hampton hump (1940) and Hampton line (1956)

1914Frederic Crosby Bartter (1914-1983), Filipino born American trained endocrinologist; described Bartter Syndrome (1962), Schwartz–Bartter syndrome (1957) (SIADH) as well as work with Mushroom Toxicity and Water Intoxication and Güllner Syndrome (Familial Hypokalaemic Alkalosis with Prostaglandin Excess)


Deaths

1730Joseph Guichard Duverney (1648-1730), French Anatomist and Surgeon; described the Duverney fracture


Further reading

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