November 29 – On This Day in Medical History
Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with November 29.
Events
Births
1803 — Christian Andreas (Johann) Doppler (1803–1853), Austrian physicist and mathematician; described the Doppler effect (1842)
1869 — Alfred Stieda (1869-1945), German surgeon; described the Pellegrini-Stieda lesion and Stieda fracture (1908)
Deaths
1909 – Robert Marcus Gunn (1850-1909) was a Scottish Ophthalmologist; described Marcus Gunn pupillary phenomenon (1902)
Further reading
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