Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with October 12.

Events

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Births

1807 – Robert William Smith (1807-1873), Irish surgeon; described the Smith fracture (1847)

1841– Joseph O’Dwyer (1841-1898), American physician; designed the Fell-O’Dwyer apparatus (1911)

1879 – Jules Tinel (1879-1952), French neurologist; described Tinel sign (Hoffmann-Tinel sign) (1915)

1879 – Henri Marie René Leriche (1879–1955), French surgeon; often described as father of vascular surgery. Developed the Leriche operation (1913) and described Leriche syndrome (1940)

1941 – Carol Wolcott (1941-1994) was an American pediatrician and proponent of women’s health care; described Wolcott-Rallison syndrome (1972)

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Deaths

1906 – Pierre Félix Merklen (1852-1906), French physician and cardiologist; advocate of the salt-free diet in heart failure, and provided first description of the Hirtz Sign (1892)

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