Category Eponym

Clement Dukes

Clement Dukes (1845–1925), English physician and school health reformer, proposed "Dukes' disease" and transformed adolescent medical care in public schools.

Alexis Littré (1654-1726) 680

Alexis Littré

Alexis Littré (1654–1726), French anatomist; Littré’s hernia, glands, and operation; anatomical insights with lasting surgical impact

Thomas Stephen Cullen (1869-1953) 680

Thomas S. Cullen

Thomas Stephen Cullen (1869 – 1953) was a Canadian gynecologist. Eponymously affiliated with Cullen sign (1918)

eponym LITFL 340

George Chance

George Quentin Chance was an British radiologist. Eponymously associated with the Chance fracture (1948) transverse fracture through a vertebral body

Howard Henry Tooth (1856-1925) 680

Howard Henry Tooth

Howard Henry Tooth (1856–1925), English neurologist; Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease; specialist in spinal degeneration and wartime medical service.

James Ramsay Hunt (1874-1937) 680

James Ramsay Hunt

James Ramsay Hunt (1874-1937) American neurologist. Renowned for his contributions to the field of neurology. Several conditions bear his name including Ramsay Hunt syndrome (1907)

eponym LITFL 340

Eugen von Bamberger

Eugen von Bamberger (1858–1921), Austrian internist; co-described Marie–Bamberger syndrome (hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy); pioneer of clinical diagnostics.

Robert Bentley Todd (1809-1860) 680

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).