Category Eponym
Dickinson Woodruff Richards, Jr. (1895-1973) 680

Dickinson W. Richards

Dickinson Woodruff Richards, Jr. (1895 - 1973) Nobel Laureate and celebrated American Physician. Famously known for his work in development of cardiac catherisation and physiology with André Frédéric Cournand and Werner Theodore Otto Forßman.

William Dock (1898-1990) 680

William Dock

William Dock (1898-1990) American cardiologist, irascible visionary whose prophetic warnings bucked convention. Dock's murmur, Dock's Law

Grey Turner sign 340

Grey Turner sign

Grey Turner sign refers to bruising of the flanks. Originally described 1919 (published 1920) by George Grey Turner (1877–1951) most commonly associated with acute pancreatitis

George Grey Turner (1877 – 1951) 1

George Grey Turner

George Grey Turner (1877–1951) English surgeon. Eponym: Grey Turner sign after description of flank ecchymosis in 1919 (published 1920)