Category Eponym
Nil Fyodorovich Filatov (1847-1902) 680

Nil Filatov

Nil Filatov (1847–1902), founder of Russian paediatrics, described key signs in measles, rubella, and mononucleosis; led Moscow’s first children’s hospital.

Louis Virgil Hamman (1877-1946) 680

Louis Hamman

Louis Virgil Hamman (1877–1946), Johns Hopkins physician and diagnostician, described Hamman’s sign, Hamman syndrome, and Hamman-Rich syndrome

eponym LITFL 340

Joseph Rouanet

Joseph Rouanet (1797–1865), French physician, first linked heart sounds to valve closure. His 1832 thesis laid foundations for modern cardiac auscultation.

Charles Beevor

Charles Edward Beevor (1854-1908) was an English neurologist. Beevor sign - indicating a spinal cord lesion between T10 and T12

Karel Maydl (1853-1903) 680

Karel Maydl

Karel Maydl (1853–1903), Czech surgeon, pioneer of colostomy, bladder exstrophy surgery, and Maydl’s hernia; early describer of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD)

Owen Conor Ward (1923-2021) 680

Owen C. Ward

Owen Conor Ward (1923–2021), Irish paediatric cardiologist, co-described Romano-Ward syndrome; pioneer of children’s cardiac care and medical historian

Cesarino Romano (1924-2008) 680

Cesarino Romano

Cesarino Romano (1924–2008), Italian paediatrician, co-described Romano-Ward syndrome; led advances in cystic fibrosis, metabolic screening, and emergency care.

Fred Lange-Nielsen (1919-1989) 680

Fred Lange-Nielsen

Norwegian internist Fred Lange-Nielsen (1919–1989), co-discoverer of Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome, was a lung specialist, allergy pioneer, jazz musician, and human rights advocate.

Anton Jervell (1901-1987) 680

Anton Jervell

Anton Jervell (1901–1987), Norwegian cardiologist and medical educator; co-described Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome, pioneer of ECG research and cardiac electrophysiology in Norway.