Birth · 14 October 1873

Birth of Rudolf Adriaan Mees

Dutch physician and psychiatrist Rudolf Adriaan Mees was born on 14 October 1873 in Deventer. His name is associated with transverse white nail bands described in his observations of arsenic poisoning, published in 1919.

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Rudolf A. Mees · Medical Eponym Library
LITFL · Historical date : 1873-10-14

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