Waren Tay [SEP] date of death
Waren Tay
Waren Tay (1843 – 15 May 1927) was a British ophthalmologist who was a native of Yorkshire.
In 1881 Waren (often misspelt Warren) Tay first described the red spot on the retina of the eye that is present in Tay–Sachs disease. He reported this condition in the Volume I edition of the Ophthalmological Society, an organization in which he was a founding member. Here he described the symptoms in a child who also had neurological problems. Later in the Volume IV edition, he
Ringtheater fire, carbon monoxide poisoning being held an underlying cause of death.
- Louis Pasteur discovers a vaccine for anthrax.
- Carlos Finlay, a Cuban doctor, first proposes that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes rather than direct human contact.
- French obstetrician Étienne Stéphane Tarnier introduces a form of neonatal incubator ("couveuse") for routine care of premature infants at the Paris Maternité.
- English ophthalmologist Waren Tay publishes the first description of the genetic disorder which will become known as Tay–Sachs disease