Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with November 11.

Events

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Births

1795 – Moritz Heinrich Romberg (1795-1873), German neurologist; described Romberg’s Sign and Sensory Ataxia, the Romberg Test (1864), Howship-Romberg sign (1840, 1847), and Parry-Romberg syndrome (1825, 1846) 

1880 – Ejner Oluf Sørensen Sylvest (1880-1972), Danish general practitioner’ described Bornholm disease (1930)

1902 – Theodore Campbell Thompson (1902-1986) was an American Orthopedic Surgeon; described Thompson Test (1962) [aka *Simmonds-Thompson Test]

1911 – Anne Pappenheimer Forbes (1911-1992), American endocrinologist; described Forbes-Albright syndrome (1954)

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Deaths

1675 – Thomas Willis (1621–1675), English physician; described Willis-Ekbom disease (1685) and the Circle of Willis

1886 – Paul Bert (1833-1886), French physiologist and politician; described the Paul Bert Effect (1878)

1918 – Sir Hermann David Weber (1823-1918), German physician; described Weber’s syndrome (Weber’s paralysis) 1863

1940 – Karel Frederik Wenckebach (1864-1940), Dutch physician; described Mobitz type I (Wenckebach block); Wenckebach phenomenon; Wenckebach sign and Wenckebach pills

2009– Vilem (William) Ganz (1919-2009), Slovakian-born American cardiologist. Designed the Swan-Ganz catheter – pulmonary artery catheter (1970) and pioneer of early reperfusion therapy (intracoronary thrombolysis) for myocardial infarction

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Further reading