July 18 – On This Day in Medical History

What happened on July 18? 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 18.

Events

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Births

1895 Herrman Ludwig Blumgart (1895-1977), American physician; described Blumgart-Ernstene murmur (1933) and invented the Blumgart–Yens modified cloud chamber heralded the birth of nuclear medicine instrumentation


Deaths

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Further reading

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