The SMACC 2019 Opening Ceremony The SMACC Opening Ceremony is an integral part of the conference welcoming delegates to an educational experience unlike any other. Inspiration for SMACC Sydney included the inverted triangle: the alchemical symbol for water which is…
Biography Born 12 March 1649 Died 1713 Medical Eponyms Key Medical Attributions Fingerprints – papillary ridges (1685) Major Publications Published under Godefridum Bidloo; Govard Bidloo; Godefridi Bidloo Bidloo G. Anatomia humani corporis, centum & quinque tabulis, per artificiossis. G. de…
Biography Medical Eponyms Cranial nerves: introduced the terms nervus olfactorius and nervus vagus. Major Publications Published as Jesper Bertelsen, Casparus Bartholinus, Bartholinus Malmogiensis, Gaspard Bartholinus The Bartholin family Caspar Bartholin (the elder); two of his sons (Thomas and Rasmus); and…
Biography Born Died Medical Eponyms Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Controversies References Buttner R, Lee J. De-eponymising anatomical terminology. 2020
Joseph Honoré Simon Beau (1806 - 1865) was a French physician.
Biography Medical Eponyms Anatomical eponyms Golgi apparatus (or Golgi complex/body): Discovered in 1898, this organelle is a series of stacked membranes (cisternae) involved in packaging and exporting proteins and lipids. It was originally named apparato reticolare interno (internal reticular apparatus). Golgi tendon organ: A…
If you reflect on and put into action many of the perspectives shared on this podcast, and if your colleagues do too, I truly believe your ICUs should improve in the care you deliver. That’s not to say you don’t…
Guido Werdnig (1844 - 1919) was an Austrian neurologist. Werdnig–Hoffmann syndrome (1891) [Hereditary motor neuropathy type 1]
Role plays are a very powerful way to teach and learn about our reactions to human emotions. Jessica Stokes-Parish, Renee Lim, Claire Richmond
Ellen Damgaard Andersen (1939 - ) Danish physician. Andersen Syndrome (1971) [Andersen-Tawil syndrome (ATS]
Franz Zehetmayer (1813 - *1846) was an Austrian physician. Pericarditis, pericardial effusion and the genu-pectorale position
Cécile Vogt (1875 - 1962) was a French neuropathologist. Vogt-Vogt syndrome [Hammonds disease]