Death · 24 October 1950

Death of Christian Ingerslev Baastrup

Christian Ingerslev Baastrup died on 24 October 1950. The Danish radiologist had described in 1933 the radiological sign and interspinous condition that bear his name.

Archival photograph of the New York Foundling Hospital operating room circa 1899. — Operating room in New York, circa 1899. Contextual archival photograph, not the event described.
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Byron Company / Museum of the City of New York / Wikimedia Commons · Domaine public · photographie de 1899
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October 24 – On This Day in Medical History
Life in the Fast Lane (LITFL) · Historical date : 1950-10-24

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