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Louis Wolff

Louis Wolff (1898-1972) was an American cardiologist. Eponymously affiliated with the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW) described in 1930

Friedrich von Müller (1858 - 1941) 340

Friedrich von Müller

Friedrich von Müller (1858-1941) was a German physician. Revered as ‘The Great Clinician’. Müller sign in aortic regurgitation (1889).

Sir Percivall Pott (1714 – 1788) 340

Percivall Pott

Percivall Pott (1714-1788) was a British surgeon. Extensive work with hernia repair, hydrocoele repair, vertebral TB and his own Pott fracture

arcanum veritas LITFL 340

You don’t know about the stones?

I really like the tropical tales ("parasites and people") of the late Dr Robert S. Desowitz, who was Professor of Tropical Medicine at the University of Hawaii and worked with the World Health Organization.

arcanum veritas LITFL 340

Crazy Bug Hunter 003

Alfred Russel Wallace did not knowingly study infectious diseases or their microbial causes, but he did travel extensively and repeatedly put himself in the biological line of fire, as evidenced in his many writings.

LITFL rebuild 2019 340

Lest We Forget

With the combined rebuilding of ‘Life In The Fast Lane’ and our arrival at a new domain I feel refreshed and revitalised…’able to leap tall buildings in a single bound‘ and able to set forth some of the contextual learning…

Nathan Weiss

Nathan Weiss (1851 - 1883) was a Czech born, Austrian trained physician and neurologist.

eponym LITFL 340

František Chvostek

Biography Born 21 May 1835 Frýdek-Místek, Moravia (Czech Republic) Died 16 November 1884 Medical Eponyms Chvostek sign (1876) Key Medical Attributions Controversies Father of Franz Chvostek Jr (1864-1944), known for Chvostek symptom Major Publications Chvostek F. Beitrag zur Tetanie. Wiener…

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Osler and Australia

Sir William Osler Australian connections and his Australian legacy is discussed in the Medical Journal of Australia.