Terry’s Nails
Terry's nails are a type of apparent leukonychia, characterized by ground glass opacification of almost the entire nail, with a narrow band of normal, pink nail bed at the distal border, and often with obliteration of the lunula.
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John L. Lovibond
Biography Medical Eponyms Lovibond angle (profile sign) [1938] In 1938, Lovibond was among the first to offer a criteria for the diagnosis of finger clubbing. He defined the ‘profile sign’ of the thumb (Lovibond’s angle), as the angle made by…
William B. Bean
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Ralph Ger
Ralph Ger (1921-2012) was a South African clinical anatomist, surgeon and educator. Ger's sign of scrotal dimple in testicular torsion (1962)
Henning Ruben
Henning Moritz Ruben (1914 – 2004) was a Danish anaesthetist. Inventor of teh Ruben valve, AMBU bag, Ambu man, and Head-tilt method in resuscitation
Willem Einthoven
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Robert Reynolds Macintosh
Sir Robert Reynolds Macintosh (1897-1989) New Zealand Anaesthetist. Inventor of Macintosh Laryngoscope; gum elastic bougie; Illuminated introducer; RFD 5580 life-jacket...
Leo Schamroth
Professor Abraham Leo Schamroth (1924-1988) was a South African cardiologist.
Brian Sellick
Brian Arthur Sellick (1918 – 1996) British anaesthetist. Best known for his description of the Sellick manoeuvre and hypothermia in cardiac surgery
Claude Beck
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Joseph Guichard Duverney
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Godfrey Hounsfield
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