Helene Ollendorff
Helene Ollendorff Curth (1899 - 1982) was a German-American dermatologist. Curth-Macklin syndrome (1954); Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome (1928)
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Ernest S. Reynolds
Ernest Septimus Reynolds (1861 - 1926) was an English physician. Early description of Mees lines, arsenic poisoning and the 'Epidemic of Peripheral Neuritis Amongst Beer Drinkers in Manchester and District'
Max Hamilton
Biography Born on April 12, 1912 as Max Himmelschein in Offenbach am Main, Germany 1914 – Himmelschein family migrated to the UK Educated at the Central Foundation school, Cowper Street, London 1934 – Graduated LRCP, MRCS from the University College…
David Spodick
David H Spodick (1927 – 2019) was an American Cardiologist. Eponymously affiliated with Spodick's sign in acute pericarditis (1974)
Carl Foerster
Biography Born Lissa, 1825 studied medicine at Breslau, Heidelberg and Berlin 1857 – Breslau as an ophthalmologist 1894 – life member of the Prussian House of Lords Died 1902 Medical Eponyms Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Controversies References Biography Grzybowski A,…
Frank J. Murphy
Francis John Murphy (1900 - 1972) was an American anesthesiologist. Murphy Endotracheal Tube and the Murphy eye (1941)
Charles Brown-Sequard
Charles Edouard Brown-Séquard (1817 - 1894) was a French physician and physiologist. Brown-Séquard Syndrome (1850); Brown-Séquard Elixir; hormone therapy
Samuel A. Levine
Samuel Albert Levine (1891-1966) Polish-American cardiologist. Eponym: Levine sign; Levine grading scale; Lown-Ganong-Levine
Carl Westphal
Carl Friedrich Otto Westphal (1833-1890) was a German neurologist and psychiatrist. Westphal sign, Westphal syndrome, Westphall-Strümpell pseudosclerosis, Westphal-variant Huntington disease, Leyden-Westphal ataxia, and the Edinger-Westphal nucleus
Thomas George Morton
Thomas George Morton (1835 – 1903) was an American surgeon. Eponyms include Morton's neuroma; neuralgia and metarsalgia
Adolf von Strümpell
Ernst Adolf Gustav Gottfried von Strümpell (1853 - 1925) was a German neurologist. Strümpell signs, Strümpell-Lorrain disease, Marie-Strümpell disease and Westphal-Strümpell pseudosclerosis.
Carl Wunderlich
Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich (1815 - 1877) was a German physician. Inventor of the clinical thermometer. Wunderlich syndrome and law