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Antonio Palla (1950 - ) Italian radiologist. 340

Antonio Palla

Antonio Palla (1949 - ) is an Italian respiratory and nuclear medicine specialist. Palla sign in pulmonary embolus (1983)
Thomas-Watson-1792-1882 340

Thomas Watson

Sir Thomas Watson (1792 - 1882) was an English physician. Remembered for his description of the palpable pulse of aortic regurgitation as likened to a Victorian toy, the water-hammer pulse in 1837

Guillaume-Benjamin Duchenne

Biography Medical Eponyms Landouzy-Déjérine syndrome First to describe and publish 9 cases of Landouzy-Déjérine syndrome (facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy) in the third edition of De l’électrisation localisée in 1872: 219-220 Key Medical Attributions Duchenne smile Controversies Major Publications References Biography Eponymous…

eponym LITFL 340

Jean Pierre Falret

Jean-Pierre Falret (1794 - 1870) was a French psychiatrist. Falret studied depression and suicide for 32 years and recorded cycles of depression and of elation which he named maladie circulaire and which is more commonly termed bipolar disorder
eponym LITFL 340

Edward Janeway

Edward Gamaliel Janeway (1841 - 1911) was an American physician and pathologist. Remembered for his description of Janeway lesions (1899) as a distinctive painless dermatological manifestation seen in some cases of infective endocarditis
Sir David Drummond (1852–1932) 340

David Drummond

Sir David Drummond (1852–1932) was an English physician. Drummond sign of tracheal whiff with thoracic aortic aneurysm 1908
eponym LITFL 340

Jules Falret

Jules Philippe Falret (1824 - 1902) was a French psychiatrist. 1877, along with Ernest-Charles Lasègue (1816-1883) first described the concept of Folie à deux, initially termed Lasègue-Falret syndrome.
eponym LITFL 340

Moritz Roth

Moritz Roth (1839-1914) was a Swiss pathologist. He is eponymously associated with Roth spots (1872), which he first observed in the retina of patients with septicaemia.
Paul Louis Duroziez (1826 – 1897) 340

Paul Louis Duroziez

Paul Louis Duroziez (1826 - 1897) was a French general practitioner, eponymous with Duroziez sign (1861) and Duroziez disease (1877).
eponym LITFL 340

Robert Todd

Robert Bentley Todd (1809 – 1860) was an Irish physician. Provided early depictions of migraine, peripheral neuritis, and postepileptic paralysis (Todd's palsy). He also gave an important discourse on locomotor ataxy (tabes dorsalis).
Silas Weir Mitchell (1829-1914) 340

Silas Weir Mitchell

Silas Weir Mitchell (1829-1914) was an American physician and writer. Best known for his discovery of causalgia (complex regional pain syndrome type II or CRPS II) and erythromelalgia.
John Madison Taylor (1855-1931) 1200

John Madison Taylor

John Madison Taylor (1855-1931) was an American pediatric neurologist. He designed the first tendon reflex hammer in 1888