MICA History On this day 365 days of medical history Campus map 29 October — On this day in medicine Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Bouillaud, after a photograph by Pierre-Louis Pierson. Credit and rights Bornemann, d’après Pierre-Louis Pierson / Wellcome Collection / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
Original source · Licence French physician Jean-Baptiste Bouillaud dies; in 1835 he had described the cardiac involvement of acute rheumatic fever.
Discover Historical portrait of neurologist Wilhelm Heinrich Erb, circa 1900. Credit and rights Auteur inconnu; Images from the History of Medicine, U.S. National Library of Medicine, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Original source · Licence German neurologist Wilhelm Heinrich Erb dies; he is notably associated with the description of the obstetric brachial plexus palsy known as Erb–Duchenne palsy.
Discover Photographic portrait of Joseph Babinski, circa 1910. Credit and rights Eugène Pirou, Paris / Wellcome Collection / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
Original source · Licence French neurologist Joseph Babinski dies; his work established the clinical neurological significance of the plantar reflex.
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