John Alsop
John Alsop (1931–), GP who coined "hand-foot-and-mouth disease" and published BMJ reports on outbreaks and ringworm in Birmingham, UK.
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Sidney Yankauer
Sidney Yankauer (1872–1932), American ENT surgeon and inventor of the Yankauer suction catheter, pioneer in bronchoscopy and surgical airway care
Adolphe-Marie Gubler
Adolphe-Marie Gubler (1821-1879) was a French physician and therapeutic pharmacologist. Millard-Gubler syndrome (1856)
Clement Dukes
Clement Dukes (1845–1925), English physician and school health reformer, proposed "Dukes' disease" and transformed adolescent medical care in public schools.
Alexis Littré
Alexis Littré (1654–1726), French anatomist; Littré’s hernia, glands, and operation; anatomical insights with lasting surgical impact
Claudius Amyand
Claudius Amyand (c.1681–1740), Huguenot refugee and Serjeant-Surgeon to George II, performed the first recorded appendicectomy, giving his name to Amyand’s hernia
Thomas S. Cullen
Thomas Stephen Cullen (1869 – 1953) was a Canadian gynecologist. Eponymously affiliated with Cullen sign (1918)
George Chance
George Quentin Chance was an British radiologist. Eponymously associated with the Chance fracture (1948) transverse fracture through a vertebral body
Yvonne Cossart
Australian virologist Yvonne Cossart (1934–2014), pioneer of parvovirus B19 research, teacher, and reformer of medical education.
Howard Henry Tooth
Howard Henry Tooth (1856–1925), English neurologist; Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease; specialist in spinal degeneration and wartime medical service.
James Ramsay Hunt
James Ramsay Hunt (1874-1937) American neurologist. Renowned for his contributions to the field of neurology. Several conditions bear his name including Ramsay Hunt syndrome (1907)
Georges Dieulafoy
Georges Dieulafoy (1839–1911), French physician, pioneer of gastroenterology; remembered for Dieulafoy lesion, triad(s), and aspirator