 | | | | Today In Health History Headlines | | | Today is the birthday of the first physician to describe Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
On this date in 1913, Nobel Prize winner Roger Sperry was born in Hartford, Connecticut.
British physician Thomas Lodge dated a dedication to his "Treatise of the Plague" on this day in 1603.
A failed high blood pressure medication ended up being a top-selling over-the-counter treatment for male pattern baldness.
Next time you find yourself staring at the ceiling of your dentist's office, think of M. Waldo Hanchett.
King's College Medical School in New York, the first American medical school to award graduates the M.D. degree, was founded on this date in 1767.
Erasmus Bartholin is best known for his discovery in the 17th century of the optical phenomenon of double refraction.
On this date in 1865, Lord Joseph Lister, M.D., became the first surgeon to use a disinfectant during an operation.
On this date in 1936, American aviator Charles A. Lindbergh and Alexis Carrel, M.D., presented an artificial heart pump they developed to the International Scientific Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark.
On this date in 1797, "The Medical Repository" became the first medical magazine and the first scientific periodical published in the United States.
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