June 20 – On This Day in Medical History

What happened on June 20? 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 20.

Events

Births

1906 – Pío Manuel Martínez Curbelo (1906-1962), Cuban anaesthesiologist who reported the first lumbar epidural catheter technique for continuous segmental (“peridural”) anaesthesia in 1947

Deaths

No major medical milestones added for this date yet — this page is being expanded

Further reading
On This Day in Medical History

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