Róbert Bárány (1876 – 1936) was an Austro-Hungarian otologist. Nobel prize in for his “work on the physiology and pathology of the vestibular apparatus.”
John B. Murphy
John Benjamin Murphy (1857 – 1916) was an American physician and abdominal surgeon. Murphy’s Sign (1903); Murphy’s triad; Murphy’s punch test and many more
Gabriele Falloppio
Gabriele Falloppio (1523 – 1562) was an Italian physician and anatomist. Father of the condom to protect against STD’s (specifically syphilis) Fallopian tube
Paul Langerhans
Paul Wilhelm Heinrich Langerhans (1847 – 1888) was a German pathologist, physiologist and biologist. Langerhans cell (1868) of the immune system, and islets of Langerhans (1869) in the pancreas
Edith Potter
Edith Louise Potter (1901 – 1993) was an American pediatric pathologist. Potter facies (1946); Potter syndrome; Potter syndrome; Potter sequence; and the Potter classification of polycystic kidney disease (1964)
Lelli Test
Lelli test or Lever test designed by Alessandro Lelli, Italian surgeon clinical test to diagnose Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) disruption.
Pierre Flourens
Jean-Pierre-Marie Flourens (1794 – 1867) was a French physiologist. Founder of experimental brain science.
De-eponymising anatomical terminology
To evaluate the hypothesis that ‘There is ALWAYS an alternative to the dead man’s name for body parts’ and create a database to facilitate the de-eponymification of anatomic terminology
Cicely Williams
Cicely Delphine Williams (1893–1992) was a highly influential Jamaican born, English paediatrician, nutritionist and child health advocate. Kwashiorkor (1933)
Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell (1821 – 1910) was a British physician. In 1849, Blackwell became the first woman to graduate from medical school in the United States. National Women Physicians Day is held on her birthday February 3rd
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