Charles Miller Fisher
Charles Miller Fisher (1913 - 2012) was a Canadian neurologist. Miller Fisher syndrome (1956) an acquired nerve disease variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome.
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Henri Parinaud
Henri Parinaud (1844-1905) was a French ophthalmologist and neurologist. Parinaud Syndrome (1883) aka Dorsal Midbrain Syndrome
Charles Hallpike
Charles S. Hallpike (1900–1979), British neuro-otologist, co-devised the Dix–Hallpike manoeuvre, clarified Menière’s disease pathology, and pioneered vestibular physiology.
André Strohl
André Strohl (1887-1977) was a French physician and physicist. Guillain-Barré-Strohl syndrome described in 1916
Jean-Alexandre Barré
Jean-Alexandre Barré (1880–1967). French neurologist ; co-described Guillain–Barré syndrome; pioneer in vestibular neurology and semiology; eponyms include Barré test and Barré–Liéou syndrome.
Georges Guillain
Georges Charles Guillain (1876-1961) was a French neurologist. Multiple neurology-related eponyms including Guillain-Barré syndrome
Lewis lead
The Lewis lead configuration can help to detect atrial activity and its relationship to ventricular activity. Named after Welsh cardiologist Sir Thomas Lewis (1881-1945) who first described in 1913.
William Cowper
William Cowper (1666-1709) was an English surgeon and anatomist. Cowper's gland and Cowper's fluid 1699 as well as defining capillaries, atherosclerosis and aortic stenosis
Charles Sherrington
Sir Charles Scott Sherrington (1857-1952) was an English neurophysiologist. Sherrington’s Laws (1897–1900); Liddell–Sherrington Reflex (1924) and defining the synapse
Ernst Weber
Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795-1878) was a was a German anatomist and physiologist. Weber law and Weber test for hearing assessment
Frederick Weber
Frederick Parkes Weber (1863–1962) English physician and dermatologist; author of over 1,200 medical articles; described Rendu-Osler-Weber disease and Sturge-Weber-Kalischer syndrome; renowned numismatist and scholar of medical philosophy.
Hermann Weber
Sir Hermann David Weber (1823–1918) – German-born physician in London; pioneer of open-air treatment for tuberculosis; co-author of The Mineral Waters and Health Resorts of Europe; namesake of Weber’s syndrome; knighted for services to medicine.