Thomas Willis
Thomas Willis (1621–1675) was an English physician.
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Karl-Axel Ekbom
Karl-Axel Ekbom (1907-1977) Swedish neurologist. Eponym: Willis-Ekbom syndrome (Restless leg syndrome); Ekbom Syndrome II (Delusion of parasitosis)
Nikolay Sergeevich Korotkov
Nikolay Sergeevich Korotkov (Николай Сергеевич Коротков) (1874 – 1920) was a Russian surgeon.
Scipione Riva-Rocci
Scipione Riva-Rocci (1863-1937) was an Italian physician and paediatrician. Riva-Rocci introduced the upper arm cuff to measure systolic blood pressure
Marshall Hall
Marshall Hall (1790-1857) was an English physician, physiologist and humanitarian
Henry Koplik
Henry Koplik (1858 – 1927) was an American pediatrician. Eponymously affiliated with Koplik spots of measles first described in 1896
Wilhelm Heinrich Erb
Wilhelm Heinrich Erb (1840-1921) was a German neurologist.
Nikolaus Friedreich
Nikolaus Friedreich (1825-1882) was a German neurologist and pathologist.
Vincenz Czerny
Biography Born 19 November 1842 in Trautenau, Böhmen, Austro-Hungarian Empire Died 3 October 1916 in Heidelberg, Germany Medical Eponyms Czerny operation (aka Cholecystopexy) Czerny pillar suture used in the operative treatment of congenital inguinal hernia in children Key Medical Attributions…
Heinrich Köbner
Heinrich Köbner (1838 – 1904) was a German dermatologist. Eponym: Koebner phenomenon; Köbner syndrome (Epidermolysis bullosa simplex)
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)
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'