Johannes Zoon
Johannes Jacobus Zoon (1902-1958) was a Dutch dermatologist. Eponym Zoon's balanitis, ie balanitis chronica circumscripta plasmacellularis
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Hugh Pemberton
Hugh Spear Pemberton (1890-1956) was an English physician. Pemberton's description of his manoeuvre and Pemberton Sign appeared in a brief letter to The Lancet in 1946
Ernest Bazin
Pierre-Antoine-Ernest Bazin (1807-1878) French physician and dermatologist. Alibert-Bazin syndrome; Bazin disease
Gerstmann syndrome
Description What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification… History Associated Persons Alternative names Controversies Did they first describe or popularise or plagiarise? References Historical references Eponymous term review
Josef Gerstmann
Biography Medical Eponyms Gerstmann syndrome autotopagnosia; finger agnosia Gerstmann syndrome 2 A paranoid psychosis with auditory hallucinations in patients with general paresis of the insane, as a result of malarial therapy, described by Gerstmann in 1924. Major Publications References Biography…
Claus Bang
Claus Bang (1924-1970) was a Danish physician. Innovator behind the Bang Respirator which was used widely in Denmark during the Polio Epidemic.
Paul Frenckner
Frans Johan Paul Frenckner (1896-1967) was a Swedish otolaryngologist. Inventor of the Spiropulsator and double lumen bronchoscope
Ross Golden
Ross Golden (1889 - 1975) was an American radiologist. Eponymously remembered for Golden S sign first described in 1925
Peter Essex-Lopresti
Peter Gordon Lawrence Essex-Lopresti (1916-1951) was a British orthopaedic surgeon. Eponym: Essex-Lopresti fracture (1951)
Jacques Forestier
Jacques Forestier (1890-1978) was a French physician and rheumatologist, depiction of hyperostosis (1959) later called Forestier’s disease.
Norman James
Norman Reynolds James (1908-1987) was an Australian anaesthetist, inventor and educator. Harrington-James ventilator, James Autohand Ventilator, Royal Melbourne (R.M.) resuscitator
Gustav Asboe-Hansen
Gustav Asboe-Hansen (1917-1989) was a Danish dermatologist. Eponymously remembered for his description of blister spread in pemphigus (Asboe-Hansen sign)