November 19 – On This Day in Medical History
Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with November 4.
Events
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Births
1845 – Clement Dukes (1845-1925), English physician and dermatologist. In his 1900 Lancet article he proposed a fourth childhood exanthem (Dukes disease), clinically distinct from measles (first disease), scarlet fever (second disease), rubella (third disease).
Deaths
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Further reading
- Dukes C. On the confusion of two different diseases under the name of rubella (rose-rash). Lancet 1900; 156(4011): 89-95
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