Month April 2019

H Kirk Watson

Biography 1960 – Graduated George Washington University Medical Eponyms Watson’s test (1988) [scaphoid shift] – to assess scapholunate instability Key Medical Attributions Controversies Major Publications Watson HK, Ashmead D 4th, Makhlouf MV. Examination of the scaphoid. J Hand Surg Am. 1988…

Toxicology Flashcards 340

Toxicology Antidote Ipecac

Ipecac is no longer recommended for the induction of emesis in acute toxic ingestions, but it is fun to meme its use with the Family Guy

Tropical Medicine Library 340

Rabies Vaccine

Indications and Role: The UK recommends a vaccine called Rabipur or Rabies vaccine BP. These are both freeze dried chick embryo cells or human diploid cells retrospectively with inactivated virus. Once reconstituted they should be used within the hour. Administration and…

Rolland J. Whitacre

Biography Born Died Medical Eponyms Whitacre epidural needle Whitacre epidural needle tip is shaped into circular cone or bullet with side-hole for injection of solution. This Pencil Point (Whitacre point) is used for Spinal Anesthesia and is characterized by low…

Oral B. Crawford

Biography Born 3 July 1921 Brookfield, Missouri BS, University of Missouri MD, Louisiana State University Internship Kansas City General Hospital Clinical Associate Professor, University of Missouri School of Medicine 1964 – vice president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Chairman,…

Walter Putnam Blount

Walter Putnam Blount (1900 – 1992) was an American Orthopedic Surgeon. Eponym: Erlacher-Blount syndrome; Blount staple. Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery.

Ramon Brugada

Biography Born 1966 Banyoles 1990 – Medical degree, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 1995 – Emory University, Atlanta 2000 – Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Medical Eponyms Brugada Syndrome Key Medical Attributions Controversies Major Publications Brugada J, Brugada P, Brugada…

Tropical Medicine Library 340

Diphtheria Antitoxin

Find out when to give the diphtheria vaccine in the immunisation schedule and when to give the antitoxin via our A-Z tropical vaccine library.