Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with December 30.

Events

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Births

1823 – Sir Hermann David Weber (1823-1918), German physician; described Weber’s syndrome (Weber’s paralysis) 1863

1863 – William Hallock Park (1863–1939) was an American Immunologist; described Park–Williams Bacillus (PW8 strain, 1894), Park–Williams Fixative (1890), Park–Holt Pasteurised Milk (1903). Park was central to the medical confirmation of Mary Mallon (“Typhoid Mary”), the first recognized healthy carrier of Salmonella typhi in the United States.

1869 – Ernest Amory Codman (1869-1940), American surgeon; described Codman triangle – radiological sign (1926), Codman test (1934), Codman classification of distal radius fractures (1900)

1882 – Erich Seidel (1882-1946) was a German ophthalmologist; described the Seidel Test (1920) and Seidel Scotoma (Seidel sign) (1914)

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Deaths

1899 – Sir James Paget (1814-1899), English surgeon. Multiple eponyms including Paget-Schroetter Syndrome (1858), Paget’s disease of the nipple (1874), and Paget’s disease of bone (1877)

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Further reading