Louis Vaquez
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Moore fracture
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John Alfred Ryle
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Andranik Ovassapian
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Tom Throckmorton
Tom Bentley Throckmorton (1885-1961), American neurologist. Eponym: Throckmorton sign (John Thomas sign); Throckmorton reflex
Wilhelm Fabry
Wilhelm Fabricius von Hilden, also known as Guilhelmus Fabricius Hildanus, became known as the father of German surgery.
Philip G. Lindsay
Philip Gaylord Lindsay (1937 - 2017) was an American physician and psychiatrist. Remembered eponymously for Lindsay nails (1967)
Alexander Wood
Alexander Wood (1817-1884) was a Scottish physician. Inventor of the first hypodermic needle (1853), taking the 'sting of the bee' as his model
Jules-Joseph Dejerine
Jules-Joseph Déjerine (1849 - 1917) was a French neurologist. Jules-Joseph Déjerine (1849 - 1917) was a French neurologist. Eminent neurologist of the French 'classical neurology' era along with Brissaud, Marie and Babinski.
Frederic Hewitt
Biography Medical Eponyms Hewitt airway (1908) Major Publications References Biography Eponymous terms
Nikolay Sheklakov
Nikolay Dmitriyevich Sheklakov Николай Дмитриевич Шеклаков (1918-1989) was a medical mycologist and dermatologist, Sheklakov sign in bullous dermatoses
Wilhelm Lutz
Wilhelm Lutz (1888-1958) was a Swiss dermatologist. Eponyms Lewandowsky-Lutz dysplasia, Lutz-Miescher syndrome, Lutz sign