Frederic Hewitt
Biography Medical Eponyms Hewitt airway (1908) Major Publications References Biography Eponymous terms
Category Eponym
Heinrich Quincke
Heinrich Irenaeus Quincke (1842 - 1922) was a German physician. Quincke's name is eponymous with Quincke's pulse (1868), Quiuncke's oedema (1882), Quincke's achorion (1886), and Quincke's puncture (1891).
Nikolay Sheklakov
Nikolay Dmitriyevich Sheklakov Николай Дмитриевич Шеклаков (1918-1989) was a medical mycologist and dermatologist, Sheklakov sign in bullous dermatoses
Wilhelm Lutz
Wilhelm Lutz (1888-1958) was a Swiss dermatologist. Eponyms Lewandowsky-Lutz dysplasia, Lutz-Miescher syndrome, Lutz sign
Muehrcke lines
Muehrcke's nails (or Muehrcke lines) are a disorder of the nail bed which can be a reflection of systemic disease. A distinct pattern of paired, white, transverse lines that usually spare the thumbnail and are most commonly in seen in association with hypoalbuminaemia, metabolic stress or chemotherapy.
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Piotr Nikolsky
Piotr Vasiliyevich Nikolskiy Петро Васильович Нікольський (1858-1940) was a Russian dermatologist
Leo Rigler
Leo George Rigler (1896-1979) was an American radiologist. Eponymously affiliated with Rigler sign; Rigler triad; Rigler notch sign; Hoffman-Rigler sign
Lewis lead
The Lewis lead configuration can help to detect atrial activity and its relationship to ventricular activity. Named after Welsh cardiologist Sir Thomas Lewis (1881-1945) who first described in 1913.
William R. Pugh
William Russ Pugh (1806-1897) was an English anaesthetist and surgeon. Pugh's inhlaer; First use of Ether for surgery in Australia
Fontaine lead
Fontaine bipolar precordial leads (F-ECG) are used to increase the sensitivity of epsilon wave detection, characteristic of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD/C)
Silvio Rolando
Silvio Rolando da Carasco (1873-1949) Italian general surgeon in Genoa. Rolando Fracture (1910) three-part base of first metacarpal fracture