Lewis Conner
Lewis Atterbury Conner (1867-1950) was an American cardiologist. Conner sign (1926) - dull percussion R lower posterior lung field in pericardial effusion
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Camille Biot
Camille Biot (1850 – 1918) was a French physician. Most famous for describing Biot breathing. Biography Born 19 December 1850 Chatenoy-le-Royal, France Intern at Hôtel Dieu Hospital in Lyon, France Practiced in Maçon in 1875 Became member of L’Académie de…
Caleb Hillier Parry
Caleb Hillier Parry 1755–1822 English physician described Hemifacial atrophy; angina pectoris; Hirschprung disease; Graves disease in 1825
John Floyer
Sir John Floyer (1649–1734) English physician, Inventor of pulse watch (1707); advocate of cold bathing and hydrotherapy and asthma therapy
Robert James Graves
Robert James Graves (1796-1853) was an Irish physician. Graves disease (1835). Renowned polyglot with proficient linguistic skills and a talented artist
William Dressler
Wilhelm Dressler (1890 – 1969) Polish born American cardiologist. Eponym Dressler beat (1952) Dressler syndrome (1956)
Peter Safar
Peter Safar (1924 – 2003) was an Austrian physician. Credited with pioneering cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and Laws for Navigation of Life
Paul Julius Moebius
Paul Julius Möbius (1853-1907) was a German neurologist specialist in neuroanatomy and neurological disorders. Möbius sign, syndrome, disease
Jess Bernard Weiss
Jess Bernard Weiss (1917 – 2007) was an American anesthesiologist. Best known for designing the Weiss needle for the placement of epidural catheters
Owen Conor Ward
Owen Conor Ward (1923 – ) Irish paediatrician and cardiologist. Eponymously affiliated with Romano-Ward Syndrome which he described in 1964
Cesarino Romano
Cesarino Romano (1924 – 2008) was an Italian paediatrician. Romano-Ward syndrome Congenital (autosomal dominant) long QT syndrome (LQTS).
Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen
Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen (1833 - 1910) was a German pathologist. Eponymously affiliated with von Recklinghausen disease (neurofibromatosis NF-1); von Recklinghausen tumor (adenoleiomyofibroma); and von Recklinghausen canals (lymphatic canaliculi).