Category Eponym
Heinrich von Bamberger (1822 - 1888) 340

Heinrich von Bamberger

Heinrich von Bamberger (1822 - 1888) was an Austrian physician. Bamberger sign in pericardial effusion (1856); Bamberger-Concato disease

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Sutton’s Law

Sutton's law: When making a diagnosis one should first consider the obvious, and conduct tests which could confirm/ rule out the most likely diagnosis.

Fritz Valdemar Rasmussen (1837-1877) 340

Fritz Valdemar Rasmussen

Fritz Valdemar Rasmussen (1837-1877) was a Danish physician. Co-editor of the Hospitals-Tidende Journal, Rasmussen recorded cases of massive haemoptysis secondary to pulmonary artery aneurysm in association with tuberculosis - eponymously termed the Rasmussen aneurysm

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Hakaru Hashimoto

Hakaru Hashimoto 橋本 策 (1881 - 1934) was a Japanese medical practitioner. Hashimoto thyroiditis 1912

Jean-Baptiste Octave Landry de Thézillat (1826 - 1865) 340

Jean-Baptiste Octave Landry

Jean-Baptiste Octave Landry de Thézillat (1826 - 1865) was a French physician. Landry ascending paralysis (1859) as early description of Guillain–Barré syndrome (1916)

Benjamin Sacks (1896 - 1971) 340

Benjamin Sacks

Benjamin Sacks (1896 - 1971) was an American physician. 1924 - Along with Emanuel Libman defined atypical verrucous valvular lesions in patients with SLE (Libman–Sacks endocarditis)

Hermann Oppenheim (1858-1919) 340

Hermann Oppenheim

Hermann Oppenheim (1858-1919) was a German neurologist. Oppenheim sign/reflex (1902) and the archaic term Oppenheim disease (1900)