Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with September 26.

Events

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Births

1877 – Ugo Cerletti (1877-1963), Italian neuropsychiatrist. Implemented Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) with the Cerletti–Bini Electroshock Apparatus (1938)

1879 – Arthur Sidney Blundell Bankart (1879-1951), British Orthopaedic surgeon; described the Bankart Lesion (1923) and Bankart Repair

1901 – Edith Louise Potter (1901-1993), American pediatric pathologist. Described Potter facies of renal agenesis (1946) and the Potter classification of polycystic kidney disease (1964)

1904 – Harold Joseph Jeghers (1904-1990), American physician; described Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (1949)

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Deaths

1963 – Thomas Fitz-Hugh, Jr (1894-1963), American physician; described Fitz-Hugh Curtis syndrome [1934, 1936]

1979 – Charles Skinner Hallpike (1900-1979), English otologist. Described the Dix-Hallpike Test (1952) and Peep-Show technique for pure tone audiometry (1947)

2002 – Maurice Sokolow (1911-2002), American Cardiologist; described the Sokolow-Lyon criteria (1949)

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