Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with December 23.

Events

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Births

1858 – Friedrich Paul Reichel (1858-1934), German surgeon; described Reichel syndrome (1900) and the Reichel-Polya operation

1932 – Hillel Jonathan Gitelman (1932-2015), American nephrologist; described Gitelman Syndrome (1969)

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Deaths

2007 – William Francis ‘Fran’ Ganong Jr. (1924-2007), American endocrinologist and physiologist; described Lown–Ganong–Levine syndrome (1952). Sole author of his ‘Review of Medical Physiology‘ textbook for 40 years – the first 22 editions.

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Further reading