Williams Bryan
Williams McIver Bryan, Jr (1917-2007) was an American obstetrician and gynecologist. In 1955, described Bryan sign in appendicitis with gravid uterus
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Jørgen Løvset
Jørgen Løvset (1896-1981) was a Norwegian professor of obstetrics and gynecology. Løvset’s Manoeuvre (1937) in the management of breech delivery
Ina Mae Gaskin
Ina Mae (née Middleton) Gaskin (1940 - ) American midwife. Gaskin (all-fours) manoeuvre 1976; The Farm
Charles Woods
Charles Edwin Woods (1888 - 1946) was an American obstetrician and gynecologist. Woods Screw Manoeuvre (1943) in shoulder dystocia
Alan Rubin
Alan Judah Rubin (1923-2011) was an American obstetrician and gynecologist. Rubin Manoeuvre (1964) shoulder dystocia
William McRoberts
William Alexander McRoberts Jr (1914-2006) was an American obstetrician and gynaecologist. McRoberts Manoeuvre (1983) in shoulder dystocia
William Zavanelli
William Angelo Zavanelli (1926 - ) American obstetrician and gynaecologist. Zavanelli Manoeuvre (1978) in shoulder dystocia
William John Adie
William John Adie (1886 – 1935) was an Australian neurologist. Best known for describing the tonically dilated pupil (Adie pupil) associated with absent deep tendon reflexes (Adie syndrome) and his description of narcolepsy
Charles Lund
Charles Carroll Lund (1883-1972) was an American surgeon. Eponymously remembered for the Lund and Browder Chart estimating the total body surface area affected in the management of burns.
Charles Baxter
Charles Rufus Baxter (1929-2005) was an American physician. Baxter made significant advances in the treatment of burn victims and trauma procedures introducing the Parkland formula in 1968.
Hulûsi Behçet
Hulusi Behçet (1889-1948) was a Turkish dermatologist. Behçet disease (1936) ‘triple symptom complex’ of mouth aphthous ulcers, genital ulcers, and recurrent iritis
Benjamin Alcock
Benjamin Alcock (1801 - ? ) was an Irish anatomist. Alcock described the pudendal canal (Alcock’s canal) in 1836