Category Basic Science

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

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 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…

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

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;…

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Richard Lower

Richard Lower (1631 - 1691) was an English physiologist. Early descriptions of cardiac tamponade, pericarditis, blood transfusion, xenotransfusion