Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with December 7.
Events
Births
1859 – Pierre Eugène Ménétrier (1859-1935), French surgeon; described Maladie de Ménétrier (1888)
1924 – Ingrid Gamstorp (1924-2007), Swedish paediatric neurologist; described Gamstorp disease (1956) [hyperkalemic familial periodic paralysis], and Gamstorp-Wohlfart Syndrome (1959)
Deaths
1884 – Jean-Charles Faget (1818-1884), French physician; described the Faget Sign (1858) as an exception to the Liebermeister rule
1952 – Frank Cecil Eve (1871-1952) was an English physician; described Eve’s rocking method of artificial respiration (1932)
Further reading
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