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J.S. Dunbar

Biography Born in 1921 in Barrie, Canada (possibly August 16, 1920) 1945 – MD from the University of Toronto school of medicine 1945-1948 rotating internship at the Toronto General Hospital, with surgical internship at the Queen Mary Veterans’ Hospital in…

Josh Taylor and Mike Cadogan
August 1, 2021

Gordon Jackson Rees

Gordon Jackson Rees (1918 – 2001) was a British anaesthetist. He laid down the foundations for paediatric anaesthesia. Jackson Rees T-Piece, circuit and T-tube

Ciselle Meier and David Raw
July 24, 2021

Benjamin Alcock

Benjamin Alcock (1801 - ? ) was an Irish anatomist. Alcock described the pudendal canal (Alcock’s canal) in 1836

Charlotte Hine and Mike Cadogan
July 24, 2021

Charles Aston Key

Charles Aston Key (1793 –1849) was an English surgeon. Eponym: Key-Hodgkin murmur (1827)

Mike Cadogan
July 20, 2021

Robert Danis

Robert Danis (1880 – 1962) was a Belgian general surgeon affiliated with the Danis-Weber ankle fracture classification. Medical Eponym

Aparicio Gomez and Mike Cadogan
July 16, 2021

Jacques Gilles Maisonneuve

Jacques Gilles Maisonneuve (1809-1897) was an eminent French Surgeon. Eponymously associated with the Maisonneuve fracture

Aparicio Gomez and Mike Cadogan
July 15, 2021

Agostino Crosti

Agostino Crosti (1896 - 1988) was an Italian dermatologist. Crosti syndrome (1951); Gianotti-Crosti syndrome (1955)

Mike Cadogan
July 11, 2021

Ferdinando Gianotti

Ferdinando Gianotti (1920 - 1984) was an Italian pediatric dermatologist. Gianotti-Crosti syndrome (1955)

Mike Cadogan
July 11, 2021

Roger Edward Wentworth Manley (1930 – 1991) 680

Roger Manley

Roger Edward Wentworth Manley (1930-1991) was a British inventor, anaesthetist and engineer. Pioneer of the Manley Ventilator and Multivent

Ciselle Meier and Mike Cadogan
July 8, 2021

George B. Markle IV

George Bushar Markle IV (1921 - 1999) was an American surgeon. Markle Sign (1973) or Heel Drop Jarring Test in patients with intraperitoneal inflammation