Otto Becker
Otto Heinrich Enoch Becker (1828-1890) was a German ophthalmologist, eponymous with Becker sign, and Becker test for astigmatism.
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Henry Earle
Henry Earle (1789 - 1838) was an English surgeon. Earle-Volkmann triangle (1829); Fracture bed for management of NOF fractures
William Henry Battle
William Henry Battle (1855–1936) English surgeon. Battle sign, postauricular (mastoid) ecchymosis fracture of the base of the skull (BOS).
Becoming an Oslerphile
Learning about the life of Sir William Osler (1849-1919) is perhaps the ultimate lesson in how to live life and practice medicine. Yet, he doesn’t go to war, he doesn’t fight or kill anyone, he doesn’t change the Fates of…
Lessons from our past
Thanks to Holly Tucker from Wonders and Marvels for re-stimulating my love of medical history. There is a wealth of information hidden in chronicles from the past – with much of it still pertinent to medicine today. Just wanted to…
Non-Medical Medical Eponyms
To truly define the domain of eponymous prolixity we have to understand the 'Who' aspect of naming convention...
Sigbert Ganser
Sigbert Josef Maria Ganser (1853 – 1931) was a German psychiatrist. 'Ganser syndrome' an hysterical disorder he first described in 1898
Joseph Babinski
Joseph Jules François Félix Babinski (1857-1932) was a French neurologist.
Eli Moschcowitz
Eli Moschcowitz (1879 - 1964) was a Hungarian born, American pathologist and physician. Associated with Moschcowitz disease (TTP, 1925); Moschcowitz signa dn triad (1933)
Louis Landouzy
Louis Théophile Joseph Landouzy (1845-1917) was a French neurologist.. Landouzy-Dejerine syndrome and Landouzy syndrome
Ludwig Lichtheim
Ludwig Lichtheim (1845 - 1928) was a German physician.
Antoine Marfan
Antoine Bernard-Jean Marfan (1858 - 1942) was a French pediatrician. Described Marfan syndrome in 1896