Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with November 13.

Events

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Births

1874 – Adrien Albert Athanase Baneux (1874-1931), French medical caricaturist under the pseudonym Adrien Barrère. Produced a series of lithographs of the Professors in the Faculties of Medicine (4) and the Law (2) in 1904

1908 – Maurice Lev (1908-1994), American cardiologist. Described Lenègre-Lev syndrome (1964), Lev’s Disease and the Aging Conduction System

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Deaths

1813 – James Marion Sims (1813-1883), American surgeon; decribed the Sims position, and invented the Sims Speculum and Sims Sigmoid Catheter

1915 – Auguste Louis Jules Millard (1830-1915), French physician; described Millard-Gubler syndrome (1856)

1955 – Arthur Hale Curtis (1881-1955), American football player, coach, and gynecologist; described Fitz-Hugh Curtis syndrome (1930)

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Further reading