Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with December 5.

Events

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Births

1829 – Léon Clément Le Fort (1829-1893), French surgeon; Godfather of FOAMed ‘Liberté de l’enseignement‘. Described Le Fort fracture of the ankle (1875, 1886), Le Fort Operation (1877),

1881 – Joseph Škoda (1805–1881), Czech physician; described Škodaic ressonance (1837), and Škoda sign (1852)

1887 – Thomas Porter McMurray (1887-1949), British orthopaedic surgeon; described McMurray test (1928)

1906 – Robert Atwood Beaver (1906-1975), English Anaesthetist. Invented the The Beaver Respirator (1953), and Beaver tubular laryngoscope (1955)

1913 – Charles Miller Fisher (1913-2012) was a Canadian neurologist; described Miller Fisher syndrome (1956), Heel-Shin test (Heel-knee test) (1961), Fisher grade (1980), and the Fisher test

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Deaths

1881 – Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov (1810-1881), Russian surgeon, anesthetist and anatomist. Described the Pirogov amputation (1854), Pirogov mask and Pirogov angle

1908 – Charles Edward Beevor (1854-1908), English neurologist; described Beevor sign (1898), Beevor’s Axiom (1898), Jaw jerk (1896)

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Further reading