October 1 – On This Day in Medical History
Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with October 1.
Events
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Births
1804 – William Stokes (1804–1878), Irish physician; described Stokes-Adams syndrome (1846); Cheyne-Stokes respiration (1854). Stokes was a key figure in promoting percussion and auscultation as essential diagnostic tools in thoracic medicine
Deaths
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Further reading
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