September 6 – On This Day in Medical History

What happened on September 6? 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 September 6.

Events

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


Births

1833 Joseph “Joe” Jones (1833-1896), American Confederate surgeon; documented Hospital Gangrene (necrotizing fasciitis) and had multiple “near-discovery” of key pathogens.

1894Roy Glenwood Spurling (1894-1968), American neurosurgeon; described Spurling manoeuvre (Spurling’s Test) in 1944


Deaths

1964Alexis Frank Hartmann (1898-1964), American pediatrician; described Hartmann’s Solution (1932), and the Schaffer-Hartmann Method – for true blood glucose analysis

2007Judith Abarbanel Diesendruck (1920-2007), Russian-American bacteriologist. Described the Nelson-Diesendruck basal medium (1950); a survival medium for Treponema pallidum


Further reading

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