Category Eponym
Robert Meyer (1864 - 1947) 340

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.

Pierre Eugène Ménétrier (1859 – 1935) 1200

Pierre Eugène Ménétrier

Pierre Eugène Ménétrier (1859 – 1935) was a French surgeon, oncologist and pathologist. Eponymously affiliated with Maladie de Ménétrier (1888)

Carl Hueter (1838-1882) 340

Carl Hueter

Carl Hueter (1838 - 1882) was a German Surgeon. Remembered for his contribution to the Hueter-Volkmann law (1862) with Richard von Volkmann (1830 - 1889)

Alan Lyell (1917-2007) 340

Alan Lyell

Alan Lyell (1917-2007) was a Scottish Dermatologist. Lyell Syndrome (1956) AKA toxic epidermal necrolysis.

Karl Adolph von Basedow (1799 – 1854) 1

Karl Adolph von Basedow

Karl Adolph von Basedow (1799 – 1854) was a German general practitioner, surgeon and obstetrician. Described Basedow (Graves) disease 1840

Henri-Marie-René-Leriche-1879–1955 1200

René Leriche

Henri Marie René Leriche (1879–1955) French surgeon. Described as the father of vascular surgery. Leriche syndrome (1940), Leriche operation (1913)

eponym LITFL 340

Woldemar Mobitz

Woldemar Mobitz (1889-1951) was a Russian-German physician. Applied mathematical approach to arrhythmias 1924 Mobitz Type I and II AV Block

Johann Friedrich Horner (1831 – 1886)

Johann Friedrich Horner

Johann Friedrich Horner (1831-1886) was a Swiss ophthalmologist. Horner syndrome, was so named following his 1869 description

Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (1821 – 1894)

Hermann von Helmholtz

Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (1821 – 1894) was a German physician and physicist. Helmholtz was a pioneer in the scientific study of human vision and hearing. He revolutionized the field of ophthalmology with the invention of the ophthalmoscope in…

Sir Gordon Morgan Holmes (1876 – 1965) 340

Gordon Holmes

Sir Gordon Morgan Holmes (1876-1965) was an Irish neurologist. Eponymously remembered for Bálint-Holmes syndrome (1918); Stewart-Holmes manoeuvre; Gordon-Holmes syndrome and Holmes-Adie syndrome (1931)