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Prof P.K. Pel

Pieter Klazes Pel (1852 - 1919) was a Dutch physician and professor of internal medicine.

Ernst Ludwig Heim (1747 - 1834) 340

Ernst Ludwig Heim

Ernst Ludwig Heim (1747 - 1834) was a German physician and naturalist. Heim-Kreysig sign (1816) adherent pericarditis

Ambroise Paré

Biography Born in 1509/1510 in Bourg-Hersant (Laval), France Died December 20, 1590 in Paris, France Medical Eponyms Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Paré A. Briefve collection de l’administration anatomique. 1549 Paré A. La maniere de traicter les playes faictes tant…

Richard Lower (1631 – 1691) 340

Richard Lower

Richard Lower (1631 - 1691) was an English physiologist. Early descriptions of cardiac tamponade, pericarditis, blood transfusion, xenotransfusion

Friedrich Busch

Biography Medical Eponyms Busch-Hoffa fracture [Hoffa fracture] (1869) Unicondylar coronal fracture of the lateral femoral condyle. Rare intra-articular distal femur injury. Axial compression to the knee with transmission of the ground reaction force through the tibial plateau to the femoral condyles. Controversies…