Klaus Betke
Klaus Hermann Betke (1914–2011) was a German paediatrician and haematologist. Along with Enno Kleihauer described the the Kleihauer-Betke test
Category Eponym
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
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)
Hamilton Bailey
Henry Hamilton Bailey (1894-1961) was an English surgeon and and influential medical publisher.
Johannes Zoon
Johannes Jacobus Zoon (1902-1958) was a Dutch dermatologist. Eponym Zoon's balanitis, ie balanitis chronica circumscripta plasmacellularis
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 References Historical references Eponymous term review