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December 20 is the 354
th day of the year (355
th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 11 days remaining until the end of the year.
- 1966 - The Rochester Institute of Technology is awarded the right of sponsorship for the National Technical Institute for the Deaf.[1]
- 2006 - Donald MacKillop, a Scotsman who lost his right hand over 30 years before, becomes the first recipient of an i-LIMB hand. What made the iLIMB unique were the five motors that powered the fingers individually. Standard prosthetic hands consisted of a thumb and two fingers, creating a claw-like grip.[2]
Deaths
- 1590 - Ambrose Pare - French surgeon. Pare is considered the "Father of Surgery". He is known for introducing amputation as a life-saving tehnique and for the introduction of ligatures.[3]
- 1886 - Johann Friedrich Horner - Ophthalmologist, first to describe eye disorder (small pupil, droopy eyelid) later to be called "Horner's syndrome".
References
- ↑ "National Technical Institute for the Deaf Timeline." RIT's 175th Anniversary website. Rochester Institute of Technology. 2004. Accessed on March 18, 2008.
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6193681.stm
- ↑ "Ambrose Pare." California and Western Medicine. May 1925. Accessed on March 8, 2008.
