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J.S. Dunbar

Biography Born in 1921 in Barrie, Canada (possibly August 16, 1920) 1945 – MD from the University of Toronto school of medicine 1945-1948 rotating internship at the Toronto General Hospital, with surgical internship at the Queen Mary Veterans’ Hospital in…

Josh Taylor and Mike Cadogan
August 1, 2021

Gordon Jackson Rees (1918 – 2001) 340

Gordon Jackson Rees (1918 – 2001) 340

Gordon Jackson Rees

Gordon Jackson Rees (1918 – 2001) was a British anaesthetist. He laid down the foundations for paediatric anaesthesia. Jackson Rees T-Piece, circuit and T-tube

Ciselle Meier and David Raw
July 24, 2021

Benjamin Alcock (1801 - ? ) 340

Benjamin Alcock (1801 - ? ) 340

Benjamin Alcock

Benjamin Alcock (1801 - ? ) was an Irish anatomist. Alcock described the pudendal canal (Alcock’s canal) in 1836

Charlotte Hine and Mike Cadogan
July 24, 2021

Charles-Aston-Key-1793-1849 340

Charles-Aston-Key-1793-1849 340

Charles Aston Key

Charles Aston Key (1793 –1849) was an English surgeon. Eponym: Key-Hodgkin murmur (1827)

Mike Cadogan
July 20, 2021

Robert Danis (1880 – 1962) 340

Robert Danis (1880 – 1962) 340

Robert Danis

Robert Danis (1880 – 1962) was a Belgian general surgeon affiliated with the Danis-Weber ankle fracture classification. Medical Eponym

Aparicio Gomez and Mike Cadogan
July 16, 2021

Jacques Gilles Maisonneuve (1809-1897) 340

Jacques Gilles Maisonneuve (1809-1897) 340

Jacques Gilles Maisonneuve

Jacques Gilles Maisonneuve (1809-1897) was an eminent French Surgeon. Eponymously associated with the Maisonneuve fracture

Aparicio Gomez and Mike Cadogan
July 15, 2021

Agostino Crosti (1896 – 1988) 340

Agostino Crosti (1896 – 1988) 340

Agostino Crosti

Agostino Crosti (1896 - 1988) was an Italian dermatologist. Crosti syndrome (1951); Gianotti-Crosti syndrome (1955)

Mike Cadogan
July 11, 2021

Ferdinando Gianotti (1920 – 1984) 340

Ferdinando Gianotti (1920 – 1984) 340

Ferdinando Gianotti

Ferdinando Gianotti (1920 - 1984) was an Italian pediatric dermatologist. Gianotti-Crosti syndrome (1955)

Mike Cadogan
July 11, 2021

Roger Edward Wentworth Manley (1930 – 1991) 680

Roger Edward Wentworth Manley (1930 – 1991) 680

Roger Manley

Roger Edward Wentworth Manley (1930-1991) was a British inventor, anaesthetist and engineer. Pioneer of the Manley Ventilator and Multivent

Ciselle Meier and Mike Cadogan
July 8, 2021

James Frederick Brailsford (1888 – 1961) 340 2

James Frederick Brailsford (1888 – 1961) 340 2

James F. Brailsford

James Frederick Brailsford (1888 - 1961) was an English radiologist. Eponym: Brailsford disease (1939), adult onset navicular osteonecrosis

Aparicio Gomez and Mike Cadogan
July 6, 2021

Bernhard Georg Weber (1927 – 2002) 340

Bernhard Georg Weber (1927 – 2002) 340

Bernhard Georg Weber

Bernhard Georg (Hardy) Weber (1927 – 2002) was a Swiss surgeon affiliated with the Danis-Weber ankle fracture classification. Medical Eponym

Aparicio Gomez and Mike Cadogan
July 5, 2021

Luís Morquio (1867 - 1935) 340

Luís Morquio

Luís Morquio (1867 - 1935) was a Uruguayan paediatrician. Eponym: Morquio syndrome (1929) Severe form of skeletal dysplasia

Aparicio Gomez and Mike Cadogan
July 2, 2021