June 12 – On This Day in Medical History

What happened on June 12? Explore notable medical events, breakthroughs, births and deaths from across history in LITFL’s On This Day (OTD)

Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with June 12.

Events

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Births

1854Charles Edward Beevor (1854-1908), English neurologist; described Beevor sign (1898), Beevor’s Axiom (1898), Jaw jerk (1896)

1890Théophile Antonin Joseph Alajouanine (1890-1980), French neurologist; described Foix-Alajouanine syndrome (1926), Marie–Foix–Alajouanine syndrome (1922), Guillain sign (1923)


Deaths

1913Emil Pins (1845-1913), Austrian physician; described Pins sign I and II (1889) in pericarditis, and a musical mediastinal heart murmur (1890).

2004Eeva Therman-Patau (1916-2004), Finnish-American cytogeneticist; major figure in the field of human cytogenetics, known among her colleagues as “Mrs. X Chromosome.”


Further reading

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