Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with December 11.

Events

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Births

1876 – Gaston Labat (1876–1934), Seychellois-born, French-trained physician and pioneer of regional anaesthesia. Inventor of the Labat outfit, Labat spinal needle and Labat approach to sciatic nerve blockade

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Deaths

1882 – Sir Thomas Watson, 1st Baronet (1792-1882) English physician; Watson water-hammer pulse (1837)

1951 – Angelo Luigi Soresi (1877-1951), Italian born, American surgeon, anaesthetist and inventor. Defined the hanging drop technique, early diaphragmatic hernia repair and myriad surgical inventions and patents

1991 – Roger Edward Wentworth Manley (1930-1991), British inventor and anaesthetist; invented the Manley ventilator (Blease Manley ventilator) in 1960

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Further reading