December 11 – On This Day in Medical History
Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with December 11.
Events
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Births
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Deaths
1882 – Sir Thomas Watson, 1st Baronet (1792-1882) English physician; Watson water-hammer pulse (1837)
1991 – Roger Edward Wentworth Manley (1930-1991), British inventor and anaesthetist; invented the Manley ventilator (Blease Manley ventilator) in 1960
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