Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with December 25.

Events

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Births

1839 – Moritz Roth (1839-1914), Swiss pathologist; described Roth spots (1872)

1866 – James Stephen Ewing (1866-1943), American pathologist; pioneer in the field of cancer research, described Ewing Sarcoma (1921)

1913 – Arthur Holstein (1913-2000), American Orthopedic Surgeon; described the Holstein–Lewis fracture (1963)

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Deaths

1914 – Jean–Alfred Fournier (1832-1914), French dermatologist; described Fournier gangrene (1883), Fournier sign (1891), and Fournier tibia (1891)

1981 – John Englebert ‘Bert’ Dunphy (1908-1981), American surgeon; described Dunphy sign (1953)

2014 – Mary Frances Lyon (1925–2014), English geneticist; described Lyon hypothesis (1961) [X-chromosome inactivation, Lyonisation]

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Further reading