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Klaus Pätau (1908 - 1975) 340

Klaus Patau

Klaus Pätau (1908 - 1975) was a German-born, American Cytogeneticist. Trisomy 13 is most commonly termed Patau Syndrome.

Ivan Yakovlievich Razdolskii (Иван Яковлевич Раздольский) (1890-1962) 680

Ivan Razdolsky

Иван Яковлевич Раздольский; Ivan Yakovlievich Razdolskii (1890 - 1962) was a Russian Neurosurgeon and neuropathologist. Razdolsky sign (1924)

eponym LITFL 340

Marlis Tolksdorf

Marlis Tolksdorf (1924 - 1997) German cytogeneticist. Eponymously remembered for her description of Wiedemann-Tolksdorf syndrome in 1973

Carl Langenbuch

Carl Johann August Langenbuch (1846 - 1901) was a German surgeon. Pioneer in hepatobiliary surgery and performed the first cholecystectomy at the Lazarus Hospital in Berlin in July 1882

LITFL CCC SMILE2 340

Physician Suicide

A friend of mine killed himself recently. This is a call to arms. As a profession it’s time for us to wake up to this problem, and to act.

Otto Gerhard Karl Sprengel (1852 – 1915) 340

Otto Sprengel

Otto Gerhard Karl Sprengel (1852 - 1915) was a German surgeon. Remembered fro his description of Sprengel deformity (1891) and appendicitis work (1906)

Josef Leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg (1722 – 1809) 340

Leopold Auenbrugger

Leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg (1722 – 1809). Austrian Physician who described the use of chest percussion in the diagnosis of respiratory disease.