Francoise Goutières
Françoise Goutières French pediatric neurologist. Aicardi-Goutières syndrome (1984)
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Marlis Tolksdorf
Marlis Tolksdorf (1924 - 1997) German cytogeneticist. Eponymously remembered for her description of Wiedemann-Tolksdorf syndrome in 1973
Carl Langenbuch
Carl Johann August Langenbuch (1846 - 1901) was a German surgeon. Pioneer in hepatobiliary surgery and performed the first cholecystectomy at the Lazarus Hospital in Berlin in July 1882
Thomas Addison
Thomas Addison (1795 - 1860) was an English physician.
Otto Sprengel
Otto Gerhard Karl Sprengel (1852 - 1915) was a German surgeon. Remembered fro his description of Sprengel deformity (1891) and appendicitis work (1906)
Leopold Auenbrugger
Leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg (1722 – 1809). Austrian Physician who described the use of chest percussion in the diagnosis of respiratory disease.
Giovanni Maria Lancisi
Biography Born 26 October 1654 Died 20 January 1720 Medical Eponyms Sign Key Medical Attributions Commotio cordis (1707) Sic olim vidimus, inflicto vehementer pugno sub cartilagine mucronata, vitae nodum ex tempore solutum; nimirum quod eo loci una conuenivnt, valideque per…
Hans Kehr
Biography Medical Eponyms Kehr sign Key Medical Contributions Courvoisier’s Law (1890) Courvoisier’s sign refers to the clinical observation that a painless, palpable, enlarged gallbladder in the presence of jaundice is more likely caused by malignant obstruction (e.g., carcinoma of the…
Odilon Lannelongue
Odilon-Marc Lannelongue (1840-1911) was a French surgeon who introduced a surgical technique for the treatment of craniosynostosis
Henry Meige
Henri Meige (1866 - 1940) was a French neurologist.
Jean-Baptiste Denis
Jean-Baptiste Denis (1640- 1704) was a physician and Professor of philosophy and mathematics. Blood transfusion(xenotransfusion) in 1667
Carl Ludwig
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (1816-1895) German physician and physiologist. Designed advanced experimental laboratory, spawned many eponyms