Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with September 30.

Events

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Births

1889 – Ross Golden (1889-1975), American radiologist. Described the Golden S sign (1925) a radiological sign which should raise suspicion of bronchial carcinoma

1903 – Sidney Farber (1903-1973), American pediatric pathologist; described Farber disease (1952)

1908 – Klaus Pätau (1908-1975), German-born, American Cytogeneticist; described Patau syndrome (1960)

1909 – Hugh Edward Hailey (1909-1963), American dermatologist; described Hailey-Hailey disease (Familial Benign Chronic Pemphigus)

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Deaths

1903 – Ernst Pflüger (1846–1903), Swiss ophthalmologist. Early Fluorescein cornea experiments in rabbits (1882); refraction, optotypes and colour vision testing

1948 – Gustave Roussy (1874-1948) was a Swiss-French neuropathologist; described Darier-Roussy sarcoid (1904) , Déjerine-Roussy syndrome (1906), Roussy-Lévy syndrome (1926), and Roussy-Cornil syndrome (1919) 

1976 – Robert Arden Miller (1906-1976), American anesthesiologist; designed the Miller laryngoscope blade (1941)

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Further reading