History

October 19th Born 19 Oct 1916. French hematologist and immunologist whose studies of the genetic basis of the immunological reaction earned him a share...

October 18th Born 18 Oct 1616; died 1654. English pharmacist, botanist and physician who published the Complete Herbal (1653), a comprehensive listing of...

October 16th Swiss biologist, the father of experimental physiology, who made prolific contributions to physiology, anatomy, botany, embryology, poetry, and...

October 15th Australian immunologist and pathologist who, with Swiss-born Rolf Zinkernagel, shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1996 for their...

October 14th English zoologist who played a leading part in changing the main objective of 20th-century zoological research from evolutionary...

October 13th German pathologist and statesman who originated the concept that disease arises in the individual cells of a tissue...

October 12th In 1976, the U.S. swine flu vaccinations were halted in nine states after three elderly people in the Pittsburgh area suffered...

October 11th American physician, co-founder of International Bone Marrow Registry, and a pioneer in bone marrow transplantation. Gale has received...

October 10th English pathologist, whose sanitary reforms led to modern standards of public health. He recognized that outside and home...

October 9th English physicist who at age 70 shared the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for their discoveries...