July 21 – On This Day in Medical History

What happened on July 21? 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 21.

Events

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Births

1949Antonio Palla, Italian respiratory and nuclear medicine specialist; described Palla sign (1983) of pulmonary embolism


Deaths

1983 Norman Jefferis ‘Jeff’ Holter (1914-1983), American chemist, physicist and biophysicist; inventor of the Holter monitor (1947)


Further reading

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