June 28 – On This Day in Medical History

Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with June 28.

Events

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Births

1789 – Henry Earle (1789-1838), English surgeon; described Earle-Volkmann triangle (1829), Earle Fracture bed (1823) and the Earle Shoulder apparatus (1823)

1824 – Pierre Paul Broca (1824-1880), French physician; described Broca aphasia, Broca area, Broca angle, and the Broca formula (Broca rule)

1857 – Sir Robert Jones (1857-1933), Welsh General and Orthopaedic Surgeon; described the Jones Fracture (1902)

1887 – Wilhelm Löffler (1887-1972), Swiss physician; described Löffler syndrome (1932), and Löffler Endocarditis (1936)

1934 – Peter Herbert Beighton (1934-2023) was a British-born physician, clinical geneticist, and medical researcher; defined the Beighton Score (1971)

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Deaths

1941 – Sir George Frederic Still (1868–1941), English paediatrician; described Still’s disease (1896), and Still’s murmur (1909)

1946 – Emanuel Libman (1872-1946), American physician; described Libman-Sacks endocarditis (1924), and Libman-Sacks vegetations

1972 – Ejner Oluf Sørensen Sylvest (1880-1972), Danish general practitioner’ described Bornholm disease (1930)

1999 – Barnett Alan Greene (1907-1999), American anaesthesiologist; promoted the use of fine-gauge obstetric spinal needles to reduce post-spinal headache.

2007 – Jess Bernard Weiss (1917-2007), American anesthesiologist; invented the Weiss epidural needle (1961)

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