Chronological review of the eponyms of aortic regurgitation / insufficiency based on the 31 signs proposed by Ashrafian (2005) and Zacek (2018)
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Friedrich von Müller
Friedrich von Müller (1858 – 1941) was a German physician.
Giovanni Mingazzini
Giovanni Mingazzini (1859 – 1929) Italian neurologist known for his extensive contributions to neuroanatomy, particularly with the study of the lenticular nucleus, cerebellum and corpus collosum, as well as the study of aphasia
Georges Charles Guillain
Georges Charles Guillain (1876 – 1961) was a French neurologist. Associated with multiple neurology-related eponyms including Guillain-Barré syndrome
Friedrich Schultze
Friedrich Schultze (1848 – 1934) was a German neurologist.
Nathan Weiss
Nathan Weiss (1851 – 1883) was a Czech born, Austrian trained physician and neurologist.
Osler and Australia
Sir William Osler Australian connections and his Australian legacy is discussed in the Medical Journal of Australia.
Thomas Cuming
Biography Born 1798 Armagh, Northern Ireland 1818 MD, Edinburgh University 1820 Physician to the Dublin General Dispensary 1854 MD, Dublin 1854 Fellow of the King and Queen’s College of Physicians of Ireland two years before Corrigan, who had previously been blackballed for the Fellowship in 1847. Died 1887 Armagh, Northern Ireland Medical Eponyms Cuming sign […]
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