Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with October 24.

Events

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Births

1658 – Marcus Gerbezius (1658-1718), Slovenian physician; provided first description of Stokes-Adams syndrome (1717)

1892 – Joe Vincent Meigs (1892-1963), American obstetrician and gynecologist; described Meigs syndrome (1934), Wertheim–Meigs Operation (1944) and provided validation of the Papanicolaou smear (1949)

1900 – Eduard Tolosa i Colomer (1900-1981), Spanish neurologist and neurosurgeon; described Tolosa-Hunt syndrome (1954)

1924 – John Brereton Barlow (1924-2008), South African cardiologist; described Barlow syndrome (1968), (primary billowing mitral leaflet syndrome (BMLS)) 

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Deaths

1950 – Christian Ingerslev Baastrup (1885–1950), Danish radiologist; described Baastrup sign (1933) and Baastrup-Johnsen Roentgen Intensimeter and Dosimeter 

1953 – Heinrich Hilgenreiner (1870–1953), German-Bohemian surgeon and orthopaedist; described the Hilgenreiner line and Hilgenreiner abduction splint

1959 – Pierre Adolph Grisel (1869-1959), French paediatric ENT surgeon; described Grisel syndrome (1930)

1963 – Joe Vincent Meigs (1892-1963), American obstetrician and gynecologist; described Meigs syndrome (1934), Wertheim–Meigs Operation (1944) and provided validation of the Papanicolaou smear (1949)

1987 – Salvador Gil Vernet (1892-1987), Spanish urologist. Described caudal extradural (epidural) anaesthesia (1917; Gil Vernet trigonoplasty; Gil Vernet arc; and defined the regional model of prostatic anatomy

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Further reading