Beighton Score
The Beighton Score is a simple, numerical index which is used to express the range and severity of joint movements in normal and affected persons.
Category Eponym
Theodor Schwann
Biography Born Died Medical Eponyms Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Controversies References Bibliography. Schwann, Theodor 1810-1882. WorldCat Identities Buttner R, Lee J. De-eponymising anatomical terminology. 2020
Charles Foix
Charles Foix (1882 - 1927) was a French neurologist.
Franz Gall
Biography Born 9 March 1758 in Tiefenbronn, Baden 1785 – MD, University of Vienna 1794 – Nominated as personal physician of Emperor Franz II – but declined 1802 – Gall’s views on cranioscopy defining human nature were condemned by the Austrian…
Wilhelm Ebstein
Wilhelm Ebstein (1836 - 1912) was a Polish-German physician.
William Henry Broadbent
Sir William Henry Broadbent, 1st Baronet KCVO FRS FRCP (1835 - 1907) was an English physician.
Elizabeth Ramsey
Biography Born 17 February 1906 in New York City 1928 – Mills College, California 1932 – Graduated in medicine, Yale University Lecturer and associate pathologist, George Washington University Died 2 July 1993 Key Medical Contributions Utero-Placental-Fetal Circulation Major Publications Ramsey…
Harold Jeghers
Harold Joseph Jeghers (1904 - 1990) was an American physician. Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (1949)
Johannes “Jan” Peutz
Johannes Laurentius Augustinus Peutz (1886 - 1957) was a Dutch physician. Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (1921)
James V. Ricci
Biography Medical Eponyms Major Publications References
William Rivers
William Halse Rivers Rivers (1864-1922) was an English psychiatrist, neurologist, anthropologist and anthropologist.
William Hammond
William Alexander Hammond (1828 - 1900) was an American neurologist and military physician.