William Macewen
Scottish surgeon Sir William Macewen (1848–1924) pioneered neurosurgery, bone grafting, and antiseptic technique, transforming modern surgical practice
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Cornelia de Lange
Cornelia Catharina de Lange (1871-1950) was a Dutch pediatrician. Described Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) in 1933
Charles Chaddock
Charles Gilbert Chaddock (1861-1936) was an American neurologist, psychiatrist, poet and medical translator. Chaddock sign and Chaddock wrist sign
Józef Dietl
Józef Dietl (1804–1878) was a Polish physician, politician, professor and rector. Eponym: Dietl's crisis ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO)
Barlow syndrome
Barlow syndrome (primary billowing mitral leaflet syndrome (BMLS)). Auscultatory findings of late systolic murmur with non-ejection ('mid-late') systolic click
John Barlow
John Brereton Barlow (1924-2008) was a South African cardiologist. Barlow described mitral valve prolapse (eponymously known as Barlow’s syndrome) in 1963
Carl Gerhardt
Carl Gerhardt (1833–1902), German internist and paediatric pioneer, described Gerhardt’s sign and advanced diagnostics, paediatrics, and laryngology
Adolphe-Marie Gubler
Adolphe-Marie Gubler (1821-1879) was a French physician and therapeutic pharmacologist. Millard-Gubler syndrome (1856)
Sixth disease
Common viral illness in infants caused by HHV-6. Roseola presents with high fever followed by sudden rash; also known as sixth disease or exanthem subitum.
Fifth disease
Erythema infectiosum (fifth disease), is a common manifestation of infection in children characterized by low-grade fever, malaise, facial rash, and later by the spread of a lacy maculopapular rash involving the trunk and limbs.
Second disease
Scarlet fever (second disease). Contagious GABHS infection in kids under 10 with sore throat or rash; caused by S. pyogenes strains producing erythrogenic toxin.
Clement Dukes
Clement Dukes (1845–1925), English physician and school health reformer, proposed "Dukes' disease" and transformed adolescent medical care in public schools.