Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with December 20.

Events

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Births

1895 – Henry Milch (1895-1964), American Orthopedic Surgeon; described the Milch shoulder reduction (1938)

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Deaths

1886 – Johann Friedrich Horner (1831-1886), Swiss ophthalmologist; described Horner syndrome (1869)

1957 – Johannes Laurentius Augustinus Peutz (1886-1957), Dutch physician; described Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (1921)

1996 – Alan Graham Apley (1914-1996) was a British Orthopaedic Surgeon; described the Apley grind test [Apley compression test] (1947), and wrote Apley’s System of Orthopaedics and Fractures

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Further reading