Category Eponym

Friedrich Trendelenburg

Biography Born May 24, 1844 in Berlin, Germany the son of the famous German philosopher Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg (1802-1872) 1861 – his father thought him not yet ready to enter university, and sent him to Edinburgh to teach German to…

Thomas Spens

Thomas Spens (1763-1842) was a Scottish physician. One of the first to provide a written report on what is now termed Stokes-Adams syndrome or cardiovascular syncope

Étienne Esquirol

Biography Born 3 February 1772 Died 12 December 1840 Medical Eponyms Key Medical Attributions Major Publications Esquirol E. Des maladies mentales: considérées sous les rapports médical, hygiénique et médico-legal. 1838 [Tome II] Controversies References Bibliography. Jean Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772…

Marcus Gerbezius

Marcus Gerbezius (1658-1718) was a Slovenian physician. Provided first description of Stokes-Adams syndrome in 1717

eponym LITFL 340

Thomas Bartholin

Thomas Bartholin (1616 – 1680) was a Danish physician, mathematician and theologian. Trisomy 13 (Bartholin-Patau syndrome - 1657), Refrigeration anaesthesia (1661)

Thomas Cooley

Thomas Benton Cooley (1871 - 1945) was an American pediatrician and haematologist. Cooley Anemia (1925) [Thalassemia major]