Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with August 25.
Events
2020 — The Africa Regional Certification Commission certified the WHO African Region free of indigenous wild poliovirus after four years without a case, marking a major milestone achieved through decades of vaccination, surveillance, and regional partnerships. Note: Certification applied to wild poliovirus; outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus can still occur and require ongoing immunisation and surveillance
Births
1841 – Emil Theodor Kocher (1841-1917), Swiss Surgeon; decribed the Kocher Reflection, Kocher sign, Kocher manoeuvre (Kocherization), Kocher manoeuvre (shoulder), Kocher method, and many more…
1927 – Josef Thurner (1927-2025), Austrian pathologist; described May–Thurner Syndrome (1956)
Deaths
1910 – Eduard Heinrich Henoch (1820-1910), German Paediatrician; described Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (1868)
1923 – James Leonard Corning (1855-1923), American neurologist; credited with performing the first recorded neuraxial anaesthetic (1885).
Further reading
- Wild Polio is Declared Eradicated from Africa ContagionLive August 26, 2020
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