Biography Born 21 May 1835 Frýdek-Místek, Moravia (Czech Republic) Died 16 November 1884 Medical Eponyms Chvostek sign (1876) Key Medical Attributions Controversies Father of Franz Chvostek Jr (1864-1944), known for Chvostek symptom Major Publications Chvostek F. Beitrag zur Tetanie. Wiener…
Sir William Osler Australian connections and his Australian legacy is discussed in the Medical Journal of Australia.
Wilhelm His Jr. (1863–1934) was a Swiss cardiologist and anatomist. Bundle of His (1893) - atrioventricular (AV) bundle
Thomas Cuming (1798 - 1887) was a North Irish physician renowned for works on aortic incompetence, cancum oris and peripneumonia in children.
Tomisaku Kawasaki 川崎 富作 (1925-2020) Japanese pediatrician. Famous for the discovery and ongoing research into Kawasaki Disease (1967)
Otto Heinrich Enoch Becker (1828-1890) was a German ophthalmologist, eponymous with Becker sign, and Becker test for astigmatism.
Henry Earle (1789 - 1838) was an English surgeon. Earle-Volkmann triangle (1829); Fracture bed for management of NOF fractures
Learning about the life of Sir William Osler (1849-1919) is perhaps the ultimate lesson in how to live life and practice medicine. Yet, he doesn’t go to war, he doesn’t fight or kill anyone, he doesn’t change the Fates of…
To truly define the domain of eponymous prolixity we have to understand the 'Who' aspect of naming convention...
Sigbert Josef Maria Ganser (1853 – 1931) was a German psychiatrist. 'Ganser syndrome' an hysterical disorder he first described in 1898
Joseph Jules François Félix Babinski (1857-1932) was a French neurologist. Multiple eponyms including Babinski reflex, Babinski sign, Babinski syndrome
Louis Théophile Joseph Landouzy (1845-1917) was a French neurologist.. Landouzy-Dejerine syndrome and Landouzy syndrome