Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with October 30.
Events
Births
1743 – François Chopart (1743-1795), French Surgeon; described the Chopart joint, Chopart amputation, and Chopart fracture dislocation
1895 – Dickinson Woodruff Richards, Jr. (1895-1973), American physician. Awarded Nobel prize for work in development of cardiac catheterisation and physiology with André Frédéric Cournand and Werner Theodore Otto Forßman.
1898 – Alexis Frank Hartmann (1898-1964) was an American pediatrician; described Hartmann’s Solution (1932), and the Schaffer-Hartmann Method – for true blood glucose analysis
1914 – Klaus Hermann Betke (1914–2011), German paediatrician; described the Kleihauer–Betke Test (1957)
Deaths
1983 – Lester Tallmon Jones (1894-1983), American ophthalmologist; described the lacrimal pump, Jones fluorescein dye tests, and the Jones Pyrex tubes for conjunctivodacryocystorhinostomy
2000 – Bernard Raymond Fink (1914-2000) was a British-American anesthesiologist; described Fink effect (1955), Fink Laryngoscope Blade (1958), Fink Non-rebreathing Valve (1954), and Fink Vallecular Airway
2007 – Williams McIver Bryan, Jr (1917-2007), American obstetrician and gynecologist; described Bryan Sign (1955)
Further reading
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