Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with February 7.
Events
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Births
1833 – Jacob Mendez Da Costa (1833-1900), American physician; described Da Costa Syndrome (1871), and Leuchonychia striata (1877)
1848 – Adolf Weil (1848-1916), German physician; described Weil disease (1886)
1925 – Tomisaku Kawasaki (1925-2020), Japanese pediatrician; described Kawasaki disease (1967)
Deaths
1862 – Prosper Menière (1799-1862), French otorhinolaryngologist; described Menière’s disease (Maladie de Menière) (1861)
1890 – Otto Heinrich Enoch Becker (1828-1890), German ophthalmologist; described the Becker sign (1871) and Becker test (astigmatism)
1963 – Conrad Ramstedt (1867–1963), German surgeon; described Ramstedt Operation (pylorotomy) (1912)
1968 – Roy Glenwood Spurling (1894-1968), American neurosurgeon; described Spurling manoeuvre (Spurling’s Test) in 1944
2005 – Harold James Charles ‘Jeremy’ Swan (1922-2005), Irish cardiologist; described the Swan-Ganz catheter – pulmonary artery catheter (1970)
Further reading
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