MICA HISTORY
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Documented history and heritage. Clinical recommendations follow MICA’s scientific review workflow. Reading these pages earns no Grade points.
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Birth
Ludwig Georg Courvoisier was born in Basel on 10 November 1843. The Swiss surgeon contributed to biliary surgery and the historical clinical observation of a palpable gallbladder in a patient with jaundice.
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Henry Vandyke Carter / Gray’s Anatomy / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Original source · LicenceBorn in London on 10 November 1914, Alan Graham Apley helped shape orthopaedic education, clinical examination of the knee, and teaching texts on fractures and surgery.
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Nicola Perscheid / Wellcome Collection / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Original source · LicenceWilhelm His Jr., an internist and cardiovascular physiologist, died on 10 November 1934. In 1893 he described the atrioventricular muscle bundle now bearing his name.
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