Category Eponym
George Huntington (1850-1916)

George Huntington

George Huntington (1850-1916) was an was an American physician. Described Huntington's disease (1872) at age 22 based on his family

Gwilym B. Lewis (1914-2009) 680

Gwilym B. Lewis

Gwilym B. Lewis (1914-2009) American Orthopedic Surgeon. With Arthur Holstein - eponymously affiliated with the Holstein–Lewis fracture (1963)

Holstein–Lewis fracture 680

Holstein–Lewis fracture

Holstein–Lewis fracture: simple spiral fracture of the distal third of the shaft of humerus with distal bone fragment displaced and the proximal end deviated toward the radial side

Arthur Holstein (1913-2000) 680

Arthur Holstein

Arthur Holstein (1913-2000) was an American Orthopedic Surgeon with Gwilym Lewis described the Holstein–Lewis fracture (1963)

eponym LITFL 340

Albert Hoffa

Albert Hoffa (1859-1907) was a German orthopedic surgeon. eponymously affiliated with a distal femur fracture (1888); an operation for congenital hip dislocations (1890); the development of a system of massage therapy, the Hoffa system (1893); and the Hoffa fat pad

Leopold-Von-Schrötter-Ritter-von-Kristelli-1837-1908 340

Leopold Von Schrötter

Leopold Schrötter Ritter von Kristelli (1837-1908) an Austrian internal physician. He is known for his description of effort thrombosis (upper limb DVT) eponymously termed Paget-Shroetter syndrome in 1884.

Irving Freiler Stein (1887-1976)

Irving Stein

Irving Freiler Stein (1887-1976) was an American gynaecologist. remembered for his contribution to the field of infertility and eponymously for the Stein–Leventhal Syndrome (1934)

Charles Miller Fisher (1913 - 2012) 340

Charles Miller Fisher

Charles Miller Fisher (1913 - 2012) was a Canadian neurologist. Miller Fisher syndrome (1956) an acquired nerve disease variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome.

Henri Parinaud (1844-1905) 680 2

Henri Parinaud

Henri Parinaud (1844-1905) was a French ophthalmologist and neurologist. Parinaud Syndrome (1883) aka Dorsal Midbrain Syndrome

Lewis Leads 680

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.