Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with November 7.
Events
Births
1799 – James Syme (1799–1870), Scottish General Surgeon; described Syme amputation (1831)
1897 – Dmitry Alekseyevich Arapov (1897-1984), Russian military surgeon; described Arapov Contracture (1968)
1912 – Robert May (1912-1984), Austrian vascular surgeon; described May–Thurner Syndrome and the May perforating vein
Deaths
1913 – Charles Heber McBurney (1845-1913), American general surgeon; first described McBurney’s point (1889) and McBurney’s Incision (1894)
Further reading
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