November 28 – On This Day in Medical History
Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with November 28.
Events
1942 – The Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston became the deadliest nightclub disaster in US history and a defining event in modern burn care. In the aftermath, surgeons Charles Carroll Lund (1883-1972) and Newton Clarence Browder (1893-1969) developed the age-adjusted Lund–Browder chart to estimate total body surface area (TBSA) burned.
Births
No major medical milestones added for this date yet — this page is being expanded
Deaths
1889 – Richard von Volkmann (1830-1889), German surgeon; described Volkmann triangle (1875), Volkmann ischaemic contracture (1881), and Hueter-Volkmann law (1862)
1967 – Erna Ingeborg Christensen (1906-1967), Danish neuropathologist; described Alper disease (1931)
Further reading
- Lund CC, Browder NC. The estimation of areas of burns. Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics. 1944; 79(10:4): 352-358
- Blakemore E. The Tragic Story of America’s Deadliest Nightclub Fire. History.com
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