Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with June 11.
Events
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Births
1935 – Charles McKinnon (Mack) Holmes (1935-2020), New Zealand anaesthetist; re-introduced the Bier block (1963) for intravenous regional anaesthesia (IVRA)
1937 – Samuel Refetoff: Bulgarian born, Canadian qualified, American practicing endocrinologist; described Refetoff Syndrome (1967)
Deaths
1882 – Louis-Auguste Mercier (1811-1882), French urologist; described the Coudé tip catheter (1845)
1958 – Augusto Pellegrini (1877-1958), Italian surgeon; described Köhler-Pellegrini-Stieda lesion (Pellegrini-Stieda disease)
1994 – Jerome W. Conn (1907-1994), American endocrinologist; described Conn Syndrome (Primary Hyperaldosteronism) 1955, and helped define the Renin–Aldosterone Axis
Further reading
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