5 November — On this day in medicine

The 5 November 1929 issue of Klinische Wochenschrift reported Werner Forssmann’s experiment at Eberswalde. An X-ray documented the course of the catheter introduced through a vein in his arm.

Born on 5 November 1867, Max Wilms published a monograph on mixed tumours of the kidney in 1899. His name remains associated with nephroblastoma in the history of paediatric oncology.

Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke died in Paris on 5 November 1927. Her work on brachial plexus lesions and neuroanatomy helped shape the French neurological school.