Alfred Poland
Alfred Poland (1822-1872) was an English surgeon Eponymously remembered for his account of Poland syndrome in 1841
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Maurice Raynaud
Auguste Gabriel Maurice Raynaud (1834-1881) was a French physician. Eponymously remembered for his description of Raynaud syndrome
Lauder Brunton
Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton (1844-1916) was a Scottish physician
Frank Pantridge
Frank Pantridge (1916-2004) was a Northern Irish cardiologist who created pre-hospital coronary care through the invention of the portable defibrillator
Klaus Betke
Klaus Hermann Betke (1914–2011) was a German paediatrician and haematologist. Along with Enno Kleihauer described the the Kleihauer-Betke test
Enno Kleihauer
Enno Kleihauer (1927–2017) was a German paediatrician and haematologist. Kleihauer and Klaus Hermann Betke (1914–2011) described the the Kleihauer-Betke test
Heneage Ogilvie
Sir William Heneage Ogilvie (1887-1971) was a British surgeon. Described Ogilvie Syndrome (1948) and Thomas sign (1955)
Edward Both
Edward Thomas (Ted) Both (1908-1987) was an Australian engineer, known as the ‘Edison of Australia’. Invented the Both respirator and Both electrocardiograph among many others
Francis Dercum
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Jean-Louis Alibert
Jean-Louis-Marc Alibert (1768 - 1837) was a French dermatologist. Alibert mentagra; Alibert disease, Alibert keloid; Alibert-Bazin disease
Wilhelm Roser
Wilhelm Roser (1817 – 1888) was a German surgeon and ophthalmologist. Along with Auguste Nélaton eponymously affiliated with the Roser-Nélaton line
Louis Queyrat
Louis Auguste Queyrat (1856-1933) was a French Dermatologist and syphilologist. Erythroplasia de Queyrat (carcinoma in situ of the glans)