Giovanni Maria Lancisi was born on 26 October 1654. The Italian physician is associated with Lancisi’s sign and an early description of commotio cordis published in 1707.
Max Brödel died on 26 October 1941. The German-American medical illustrator developed the carbon-dust technique and gave his name to a suturing method.
Gerty Cori died on 26 October 1957. The Czech-American biochemist co-described the Cori cycle and received the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.