Henry Turner
Henry Hubert Turner (1892 - 1970) was an American endocrinologist. Remembered for Turner syndrome and description in 1938
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Max Clara
Biography Born Died Medical Eponyms Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Controversies References Bibliography. Clara, Max 1899-1966. WorldCat Identities Buttner R, Lee J. De-eponymising anatomical terminology. 2020
Govert Bidloo
Biography Born 12 March 1649 Died 1713 Medical Eponyms Key Medical Attributions Fingerprints – papillary ridges (1685) Major Publications Published under Godefridum Bidloo; Govard Bidloo; Godefridi Bidloo Bidloo G. Anatomia humani corporis, centum & quinque tabulis, per artificiossis. G. de…
Caspar Bartholin
Biography Medical Eponyms Cranial nerves: introduced the terms nervus olfactorius and nervus vagus. Major Publications Published as Jesper Bertelsen, Casparus Bartholinus, Bartholinus Malmogiensis, Gaspard Bartholinus The Bartholin family Caspar Bartholin (the elder); two of his sons (Thomas and Rasmus); and…
Joseph Paneth
Biography Born Died Medical Eponyms Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Controversies References Buttner R, Lee J. De-eponymising anatomical terminology. 2020
Joseph Beau
Joseph Honoré Simon Beau (1806 - 1865) was a French physician.
Camillo Golgi
Biography Medical Eponyms Anatomical eponyms Golgi apparatus (or Golgi complex/body): Discovered in 1898, this organelle is a series of stacked membranes (cisternae) involved in packaging and exporting proteins and lipids. It was originally named apparato reticolare interno (internal reticular apparatus). Golgi tendon organ: A…
Guido Werdnig
Guido Werdnig (1844 - 1919) was an Austrian neurologist. Werdnig–Hoffmann syndrome (1891) [Hereditary motor neuropathy type 1]
Ellen D. Andersen
Ellen Damgaard Andersen (1939 - ) Danish physician. Andersen Syndrome (1971) [Andersen-Tawil syndrome (ATS]
Franz Zehetmayer
Franz Zehetmayer (1813 - *1846) was an Austrian physician. Pericarditis, pericardial effusion and the genu-pectorale position
Cécile Vogt
Cécile Vogt (1875 - 1962) was a French neuropathologist. Vogt-Vogt syndrome [Hammonds disease]
Francis Sibson
Biography Born 21 May 1814 in Cross Canonby, England Died 7 September 1876 Medical Eponyms Key Medical Attributions Major Publications Sibson F. On the changes induced in the situation and structure of the internal organs, under varying circumstances of health…