Ferdinand Sauerbruch
Ernst Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875-1951) was a German thoracic surgeon. Eponyms: Sauerbruch chamber, Sauerbruch hand, Sauerbruch grip to name a few...
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Guillaume Dupuytren
Guillaume Dupuytren (1777-1835) was a French Surgeon. Eponymously associated with Dupuytren's contracture (disease)
Philip Drinker
Philip Drinker (1894 - 1972) was a chemical engineer, father of American Industrial Hygiene and inventor of the Drinker respirator in 1928 and pioneer
John Haven Emerson
John Haven "Jack" Emerson (1906 – 1997) was an American inventor and humanist. Inventor of the Emerson Iron Lung in 1931, and holder of 35 medical based equipment patents
Peter Kerley
Sir Peter James Kerley (1900-1979) was an Irish radiologist. Kerley was widely published including describing (but not naming) his eponymous lines firstly in 1933 and then in again his textbook in 1950, and widely about TB diagnosis. Kerley lines A, B and C
Ralph Huber
Ralph L Huber (1890-1953) was an American Dentist and inventor. Created Huber-point needle (1943, patent 1945) commonly known as TUOHY needle
Edward Tuohy
Edward Boyce Tuohy (1908 – 1959) American anaesthesiologist. Best known for contribution to continuous epidural anaesthesia; Tuohy needle
Henry Janeway
Henry Harrington Janeway (1873-1921) was an American physician and pioneer for radiation therapy in the treatment of cancer. Janeway Gastrostomy, Janeway Laryngoscope
Niels Lauge-Hansen
Niels Lauge-Hansen (1899 – 1976) was a Danish Radiologist. Eponymously linked with the Lauge-Hansen classification of ankle fractures in 1950
Karel Rokitansky
Karel (Carl von) Rokitansky (1804-1878) was a Czech pathologist. Eponymous terms include Rokitansky disease; Rokitansky syndrome; Rokitansky–Aschoff sinuses; and Rokitansky-Maude Abbott syndrome
Robbert de Winter
Robbert J. de Winter (1958 – ) is a Dutch Professor of cardiology. Eponym: de Winter T wave - a new ECG Sign of Proximal LAD Occlusion
Ernst Mørch
Ernst Trier Mørch (1908-1996) was a Danish-American anesthesiologist, inventor, geneticist and humanitarian. Mueller-Mørch ventilator (1954); Mørch Laryngoscope (1951)