Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with March 13.
Events
Births
1674 – Jean-Louis Petit (1674-1750), French surgeon; described the Petit-type tourniquet (1718) and provided the earliest description of Colles fracture (1705)
1720 – Charles Bonnet (1720-1793) was a Swiss Genevan naturalist and philosopher; described Charles Bonnet syndrome (1760)
1854 – Paul Ehrlich (1854–1915), German physician-scientist. Pioneer of chemotherapy; fluorescein eye studies, immunology, and Salvarsan for syphilis.
Deaths
1886 – Austin Flint (1812-1886), American Physician; described Austin Flint Murmur (1862), Flint’s Law (1852)
Further reading
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