Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with December 1.

Events

1988 — World AIDS Day is established (widely cited as the first international global health day) to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS, prevention, treatment and stigma

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Births

1802 – Sir Dominic John Corrigan (1802-1880), Irish physician; described Corrigan sign I (1829), Corrigan Pulse (1832), Corrigan disease (1832), Corrigan cirrhosis (1838) and invented the Corrigan button (1846) and Corrigan hammer

1894 – Thomas Fitz-Hugh, Jr (1894-1963), American physician; described Fitz-Hugh Curtis syndrome [1934, 1936]

1922 – Harold James Charles ‘Jeremy’ Swan (1922-2005), Irish cardiologist; described the Swan-Ganz catheter – pulmonary artery catheter (1970)

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Deaths

1858 – Amédée Bonnet (1809-1858), French orthopaedic surgeon; published the first cadaveric studies and account of the Segond fracture (1845)

1910 – Henri Huchard (1844-1910), French cardiologist and neurologist; described Syndrôme de Huchard (1893), Huchard’s disease (essential hypertension) and Huchard’s sign

1979 – Thomas Philip Ayre (1901-1979), English anaesthetist; described Ayre T-piece (1937)

1996 – Jan Gösta Waldenström (1906-1996), Swedish physician; described Waldenström macroglobulinemia (1944), and Waldenström disease (1945)

2007 – Saul Allen Mackler (1913-2007), American thoracic Surgeon; described Mackler’s triad (1952)

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Further reading

• World AIDS Day. United Nations