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.
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William Heberden the Elder
William Heberden the Elder (1710 - 1801) was an English physician
Shigeo Satomura
Shigeo Satomura (1919 - 1960) was a Japanese scientist. Designed and developed the Doppler Cardiograph, blood-rheograph and trasncutaneous flowmeter
Ziro Kaneko
Ziro Kaneko (1915 – 1997) Japanese neuropsychiatrist. Pioneer in the field of Geriatric Psychiatry in Japan. Doppler Flowmeter (1960)
Guido Fanconi
Biography Medical Eponyms Fanconi anaemia (1927) Toni-Debré-Fanconi syndrome (1936) – group of conditions exhibiting a defect in the reabsorption of glucose, amino acids, phosphate and potassium. Landsteiner-Fanconi-Andersen syndrome (1936) – Cystic fibrosis of the pancreas. Possibly same as Clarke-Hadfield syndrome.…
Eduard Glanzmann
Biography Born 12 April 1887, Luzern 1909-1912 Studied medicine in Zürich, Berlin, and Berne 1914 – MD, Berne 1915 – Postgraduate studies at the paediatric clinic in the Charité, Berlin 1929 – Privatdozent in paediatrics, Berne 1932 – Professor and Director…
Aubrey Hampton
Aubrey Otis Hampton (1900 - 1955) was an American Radiologist. Eponymously affiliated with Hampton hump and Hampton line
Philip S Wells
Biography Born Kincardine, Canada 1984 – Graduated with MD from the University of Ottawa 1989 – Achieved FRCP Internal Medicine Fellowship from the University of Ottawa 1991 – Achieved FRCP specialisation in haematology at McMaster University 1994 – MSc in…
Demetrius Chilaiditi
Demetrius Chilaiditi (1883 – 1975) was an Austrian born, Ottoman Radiologist of Greek descent. Eponymously affiliated with Chilaiditi sign and syndrome described in 1910
Alfred Vulpian
Edmé Félix Alfred Vulpian (1826-1887) was a French neurologist.
Sidney Weinstein
Sidney Weinstein (1922 - 2010) was and American neuroscientist and neuropsychologist. Semmes-Weinstein monofilament test and the Weinstein Enhanced Sensory Test
Robert Meyer
Robert Meyer (1864 - 1947) was a gynaecologist and pathologist. Eponymously affiliated with the Weigert-Meyer rule he described in 1907. Meyer was recognised world wide as one of the founders of gynaecological pathology and for his contributions to embryology.