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Moriz Kaposi (1837-1902) 340

Moriz Kaposi

Moriz 'Kohn' Kaposi (1837 – 1902) was a Hungarian physician and dermatologist. Provided first, descriptions of systemic lupus erythematosus (1869/1872); Kaposi Sarcoma (1872); xeroderma pigmentosum (1882); lichen ruber moniliformis (1886); and varicelliform eruption (1887)
Joe Vincent Meigs (1892-1963) 340

Joe Vincent Meigs

Joe Vincent Meigs (1892-1963) was an American obstetrician and gynecologist. Eponymously remembered for his description of Meigs syndrome in 1934, a triad of ascites with hydrothorax in association with benign ovarian tumor, that is cured after tumor resection.

Ralph Douglas Kenneth Reye

Biography Born April 5, 1912 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 1937 – MBBS, University of Sydney 1939-1977 Pathologist at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children (where he remained his entire working life) 1945 – MD, University of Sydney Died July 16, 1977…

Léon Clément Le Fort (1829 – 1893) 680 3

Léon Clément Le Fort

Léon Clément Le Fort (1829 – 1893) was a French surgeon. Eponym: Wagstaffe-Le Fort fracture (1886); Le Fort Operation for uterine prolapse; Le Fort amputation; Le Fort Male Catheter; and Le Fort sound. Godfather of FOAM 'Liberté de l'enseignement'
C. H. Joseph Chang (1929 - 2017) 340

C. H. Joseph Chang

C. H. Joseph Chang (1929 - 2017) was an American radiologist. Chang sign (CXR finding in pulmonary embolus) decribed in 1965
eponym LITFL 340

John Snow

John Snow (1813-1858) was an English physician. Snow is considered one of the fathers of modern epidemiology (the cholera cartographer); and a leader in the development of anaesthesia, medical hygiene and public health.
Shigeo Satomura (1919 - 1960) 340

Shigeo Satomura

Shigeo Satomura (1919 - 1960) was a Japanese scientist. Designed and developed the Doppler Cardiograph, blood-rheograph and trasncutaneous flowmeter
Ziro Kaneko (1915 - 1997) 340

Ziro Kaneko

Ziro Kaneko (1915 – 1997) Japanese neuropsychiatrist. Pioneer in the field of Geriatric Psychiatry in Japan. Doppler Flowmeter (1960)