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

Events

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Births

1861 – August Karl Gustav Bier (1861-1949), German Surgeon; described the Bier Block (1908) and performed the first spinal anaesthetic on August 16, 1898

1874 – Gustave Roussy (1874-1948) was a Swiss-French neuropathologist; described Darier-Roussy sarcoid (1904) , Déjerine-Roussy syndrome (1906), Roussy-Lévy syndrome (1926), and Roussy-Cornil syndrome (1919) 

1902 – Gunnar Wiberg (1902–1988), Swedish orthopaedic surgeon. Introduced the centre-edge angle of Wiberg in 1939 for the assessment of lateral acetabular coverage

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Deaths

1901 – Carl von Liebermeister (1833-1901), German Physician. Described the Liebermeister rule, defining the relationship between pulse frequency and body temperature in fever

1908 – Alix Joffroy (1844-1908), French neurologist and psychiatrist; described Joffroy sign (1893)

1910 – Angelo Mosso (1846-1910), Italian physiologist; described The Mosso Method and Mosso Balance (1880, 1882); and Mosso’s Laws of Exhaustion as described in La Fatica

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Further reading