Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with July 10.
Events
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Births
1849 – George Edward Fell (1849–1918), American surgeon, engineer and inventor. Invented Fell’s apparatus and the electric chair…
1911 – Terry-Thomas (born: Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens) (1911-1990), English comedian and character actor; eponymously affiliated with the Terry-Thomas sign (1977)
1939 – Ellen Damgaard Andersen, Danish physician; described Andersen Syndrome (1971)
Deaths
1907 – Sir William Henry Broadbent (1835-1907), English physician; described Broadbent sign (1895), Broadbent’s hypothesis in hemiplegia (1866) and Broadbent’s Law
1919 – Abraham Jacobi (1830-1919), German-born, American-practising pediatrician; widely regarded as the “Father of American Pediatrics.”
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