Category Eponym
Carl von Liebermeister (1833-1901) 340

Carl von Liebermeister

Biography Born 2 February 1833, Ronsdorf Died 24 November 1901, Tübingen Medical Eponyms Liebermeister rule: Defining the relationship between pulse frequency and body temperature in fever. In fever, when the body temperature increases by one degree centigrade, the pulse frequency…

eponym LITFL 340

David Bayford

David Bayford (1739 – 1790) was an English surgeon and physician. In February I76I, Bayford (1739-1790) was present for an autopsy where an emaciated woman (Jane Fordham) of 62 died of ‘obstructed deglutition’ of many years standing. Dr Lucas performing…

Sir-James-Paget-1814-1899 340

James Paget

Sir James Paget (1814 - 1899) was a renowned English surgeon. In a career spanning eight decades, with research and practice in surgery, as well as serving the royal family during Queen Victoria’s reign

Ferdinand-Jean Darier

Ferdinand-Jean Darier (1856-1938) was a Hungarian born, French dermatologist and physician. Affiliated with Darrier sign and Darier disease

Charles Frederick Morris Saint (1886 - 1973) 1200

Charles Saint

Charles Frederick Morris Saint (1886 – 1973) was a British abdominal surgeon. Saint’s Triad association of hiatal hernia, gallbladder disease, and diverticulosis is named after him Biography Born 14 August 1886 Bedlington, Northumberland 1908 – Durham University College of Medicine,…

Manes Kartagener (1897-1975) 340

Manes Kartagener

Manes Kartagener (1897 - 1975) was an Austrian-Swiss physician. First to report the triad of situs inversus, chronic sinusitis and bronchiectasis in 1933 – Kartagener syndrome.

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Lisfranc fracture

Lisfranc fracture named after Jacques Lisfranc de Saint-Martin and his amputation - removal of the forefoot at the tarsometatarsal joint complex (1815)

Robert Arden Miller (1906 – 1976) 340

Robert Arden Miller

Robert Arden Miller (1906 – 1976) American anesthesiologist. Miller laryngoscope blade, first manufactured by the Welch-Allyn Company (1941)

Robert Andrew Hingson (1913-1996) 340

Robert Andrew Hingson

Robert Andrew Hingson (1913-1996) was an American anesthesiologist. Pioneer in anesthesiology introducing peridural analgesia for labour and delivery.

eponym LITFL 340

James Barry (Margaret Ann Bulkley)

Biography Born ‘Margaret Ann Bulkley’ Cork, Ireland 1809-1812 MD Edinburgh University 1813 – St Thomas Hospital, London; examined at the Royal College of Surgeons and recruited into the army Inspector-General of Hospitals Died 25 July 1865 Medical Eponyms Key Medical…