John W Lachman
John W Lachman (1919 – 2007) was an American Orthopedic Surgeon. Eponymously associated with the Lachman test of knee ligament stability
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Mary Lyon
Mary Frances Lyon (1925–2014) was an English geneticist, best known for her discovery of X-chromosome inactivation. Lyonisation.
Javier Arias Stella
Biography Born August 2, 1924 in Lima, Peru 1951 – Bachelors degree in medicine, Universidad Mayor de San Marcos 1959 – MD, Universidad Mayor de San Marcos 1961 – Co-founded the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia 1963-1965 Minister of Public Health,…
Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Biography Born 1 May 1852, Petilla de Aragón, Spain 1906 – Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Died 17 October 1934, Madrid, Spain Medical Eponyms Anatomical eponyms Major Publications Ramón y Cajal S. Manual de histología normal y técnica micrográfica.…
Henry Turner
Henry Hubert Turner (1892 - 1970) was an American endocrinologist. Remembered for Turner syndrome and description in 1938
Max Clara
Biography Born Died Medical Eponyms Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Controversies References Bibliography. Clara, Max 1899-1966. WorldCat Identities Buttner R, Lee J. De-eponymising anatomical terminology. 2020
Jan Evangelista Purkinje
Biography Born 18 December 1787 in Libochovice, Bohemia Died 28 July 1869, Prague Medical Eponyms Anatomical eponyms Purkinje cell layer: Stratum purkinjense; Intermediate discharge layer of the cerebellar cortex Purkinje fibres: Rami subendocardialis (fasciculi atrioventricularis); Subendocardial branches In 1845, Purkinje first…
Aagot Løken
Aagot Christie Løken (1911 - 2007) was a Norwegian physician and neuropathologist. Senior-Løken syndrome in 1961
Govert Bidloo
Biography Born 12 March 1649 Died 1713 Medical Eponyms Key Medical Attributions Fingerprints – papillary ridges (1685) Major Publications Published under Godefridum Bidloo; Govard Bidloo; Godefridi Bidloo Bidloo G. Anatomia humani corporis, centum & quinque tabulis, per artificiossis. G. de…
Caspar Bartholin
Biography Born 12 February 1585 in Malmø, Scania 1610 – Doctor of Medicine. Defended thesis Paradoxa CCXL: pathologica, simiotica, diaetetica…at the University of Basel 1613 – Professor of medicine at the University of Copenhagen 1624 – Professor of divinity at the University of Copenhagen;…
Joseph Paneth
Biography Born Died Medical Eponyms Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Controversies References Buttner R, Lee J. De-eponymising anatomical terminology. 2020
Joseph Beau
Joseph Honoré Simon Beau (1806 - 1865) was a French physician.