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Augusto Pellegrini

Augusto Pellegrini (1877-1958) Italian Surgeon. Pioneer in the field of prosthetic limbs. Epomyously affiliated with Pellegrini-Stieda disease

Denis Parsons Burkitt (1911 - 1993) was an Irish surgeon. Burkitt lymphoma (1958)

Ádám Politzer (1835 - 1920) was a Hungarian Otolaryngologist. one of the principal founders of otology, was the first Professor of Otology in Vienna

Ismar Isidor Boas (1858 - 1938) was a German gastroenterologist. Boas sign and Boas point (1894) Boas algesimeter (1891)

William Gissane (1898-1981) was an Australian born, British surgeon. Birmingham Accident Hospital first director; critical angle of Gissane

Sophie Spitz (1910 - 1956) was an American pathologist. Spitz nevus (1948)

Ann J. Johanson (1934 - 2020) was an American pediatric endocrinologist. Johanson-Blizzard Syndrome in 1971

Otto Ullrich (1894 - 1957) was a German pediatrician. Eponymously remembered for his description of Ullrich-Turner syndrome (1930)

Sir Arthur Keith (1866 - 1955) was a Scottish anatomist, embryologist and physical anthropologist.

Sunao Tawara 田原淳, (1873 - 1952) was a Japanese pathologist. Aschoff-Tawara node (1906)

Pierre-Joseph Desault (1738 - 1795) was a French surgeon and anatomist.

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