Guest guest Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Reminder from: FAMSecretSociety Yahoo! Group Title: Time Capsule: January 21st Date: Monday January 21, 2008 Time: 12:30 am - 12:30 am Repeats: This event repeats every year. Notes: This day in 1677 saw the first medical publication in America (a pamphlet on smallpox), Boston .Noteworthy people born on this day:In 1743: Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton).In 1815: Horace Wells, dentist (pioneered use of medical anesthesia). In 1840: Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician.In 1865: Heinrich E. Albers-Schönberg, German röntgenologist. In 1908: Bengt Strömgren Göteborg, Sweden, astrophysicist (studied gas cloud). In 1912: Konrad Bloch, Germany, biochemist (studied cholesterol-Nobel 1964). Get reminders on your mobile, Yahoo! Messenger, and email.Edit reminder options Copyright © 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All Rights Reserved | Terms of Service | Privacy Policy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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