July 11 – On This Day in Medical History

What happened on July 11? 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 July 11.

Events

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


Births

1929Michael Antony Denborough (1929–2014), Australian anaesthetist; described Maladie de Denborough (1960) (malignant hyperthermia), and King–Denborough Syndrome (1973)


Deaths

1928Nikolay Markianovich Volkovich (1858-1928), Ukrainian surgeon; described Volkovich-Kocher sign of appendicitis

1950Henry Cuthbert Bazett (1885-1950), English physiologist; described Bazett formula (1920)

1979 David Marsh Bosworth (1897-1979), American Orthopedic Surgeon; described the Bosworth Fracture (1947)

2008Michael Ellis DeBakey (1908–2008), American vascular surgeon


Further reading

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