Sophie Spitz
Sophie Spitz (1910 - 1956) was an American pathologist. Spitz nevus (1948)
Category Basic Science
Javier Arias Stella
Biography Born August 2, 1924 in Lima, Peru 1951 – Bachelors degree in medicine, Universidad Mayor de San Marcos 1959 – MD, Universidad Mayor de San Marcos 1961 – Co-founded the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia 1963-1965 Minister of Public Health,…
Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Biography Born 1 May 1852, Petilla de Aragón, Spain 1906 – Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Died 17 October 1934, Madrid, Spain Medical Eponyms Anatomical eponyms Major Publications Ramón y Cajal S. Manual de histología normal y técnica micrográfica.…
Max Clara
Biography Born Died Medical Eponyms Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Controversies References Bibliography. Clara, Max 1899-1966. WorldCat Identities Buttner R, Lee J. De-eponymising anatomical terminology. 2020
Jan Evangelista Purkinje
Biography Born 18 December 1787 in Libochovice, Bohemia Died 28 July 1869, Prague Medical Eponyms Anatomical eponyms Purkinje cell layer: Stratum purkinjense; Intermediate discharge layer of the cerebellar cortex Purkinje fibres: Rami subendocardialis (fasciculi atrioventricularis); Subendocardial branches In 1845, Purkinje first…
Joseph Paneth
Biography Born Died Medical Eponyms Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Controversies References Buttner R, Lee J. De-eponymising anatomical terminology. 2020
Camillo Golgi
Biography Born 7 July 1843 Corteno, Italy 1906 – Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Died 21 January 1926 in Pavia, Italy Medical Eponyms Anatomical eponyms Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Controversies References Buttner R, Lee J. De-eponymising anatomical terminology. 2020…
Cécile Vogt
Cécile Vogt (1875 - 1962) was a French neuropathologist. Vogt-Vogt syndrome [Hammonds disease]
Theodor Schwann
Biography Born Died Medical Eponyms Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Controversies References Bibliography. Schwann, Theodor 1810-1882. WorldCat Identities Buttner R, Lee J. De-eponymising anatomical terminology. 2020
Carl Ludwig
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (1816-1895) German physician and physiologist. Designed advanced experimental laboratory, spawned many eponyms
Julius Wolff
Biography Born 1836 Markisch-Friedland, West Prussia Died 18 Feb 1902 Medical Eponyms Key Medical Attributions Controversies Major Publications References Pagel J. Wolff, Julius. Biographisches Lexikon hervorragender Ärzte des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. 1901: 1871 The late Professor Julius Wolff. The Lancet, 1902;…
Richard Lower
Richard Lower (1631 - 1691) was an English physiologist. Early descriptions of cardiac tamponade, pericarditis, blood transfusion, xenotransfusion