Category Eponym

Carl Foerster

Biography Born Lissa, 1825 studied medicine at Breslau, Heidelberg and Berlin  1857 – Breslau as an ophthalmologist  1894 – life member of the Prussian House of Lords  Died 1902 Medical Eponyms Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Controversies References Biography Grzybowski A,…

Thomas George Morton (1835 – 1903) 1200

Thomas George Morton

Thomas George Morton (1835 – 1903) was an American surgeon. Eponyms include Morton's neuroma; neuralgia and metarsalgia

Joseph François Malgaigne (1806 – 1865) 340

Joseph François Malgaigne

Joseph François Malgaigne (1806-1865) French Surgeon medical historian and critical thinker. Malgaine fracture (1847) unstable pelvic fracture

OSTEOPOIKILOSIS 340

Osteopoikilosis

Osteopoikilosis is a autosomal dominant sclerosing bony dysplasia characterized by multiple benign benign sclerotic bone lesions (enostoses) that tend to localize in periarticular osseous regions

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845 - 1923) 340

Wilhelm Röntgen

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845 – 1923) was a German physicist. 8 November 1895 produced electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays (Röntgen rays).

eponym LITFL 340

Marie Colinet

Marie Colinet von Hilden (c1560 - c1640) was a Swiss midwife and surgeon. First recorded ophthalmic extraction of metal from a patients eye with a magnet (1624)