Samuel Refetoff
Samuel Refetoff (1937 – ) Bulgarian born, Canadian qualified, American practicing endocrinologist describing Thyroid hormone resistance (TRH) in 1967
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Ronald Ross
Major Ronald Ross (1857-1932) was the epitome of the Victorian bug hunters, born in the Himalayas in the heyday of the British Empire, he returned to his roots as a physician where he pursued Manson and Laveran’s hypothesis that the…
Pietro Grocco
Pietro Grocco (1856 - 1916) was an Italian physician
Paul Broca
Pierre Paul Broca (1824 – 1880) was a French physician, anatomist and anthropologist. Best known for his research on a region of the frontal lobe involved with language (Broca's area)
François Chaussier
François Chaussier (1746-1828) was a French anatomist and physician. He proposed the use of oxygen in pediatric resus (1781) and the laryngeal intubation (1806)
Ludwig Edinger
Ludwig Edinger (1855-1918) was a German neurologist and anatomist. Edinger demonstrated the nucleus in the foetus in 1885; and Westphal in the adult in 1887.
Josep Brugada
Biography Born Hospital Clínic de Barcelona Died Medical Eponyms Brugada Syndrome Key Medical Attributions Controversies Major Publications Brugada P, Brugada J. Right bundle branch block, persistent ST segment elevation and sudden cardiac death: a distinct clinical and electrocardiographic syndrome. A…
Jonathan Hutchinson
Sir Jonathan Hutchinson (1828 - 1913) was a British Dermatologist, Ophthalmologist, Pathologist and Venereologist.
Michael DeBakey
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In 1900 Dr Jesse William Lazear joined the Yellow Fever Commission team in Cuba under Walter Reed. He was employed to conduct studies into the bacteriology of tropical diseases.
Thomas Morgan Rotch
Thomas Morgan Rotch (1849-1914) was an American pediatrician. Rotch sign in pericardial effusion (1878) and Rotch pediatric incubator (1893)
Ralph M. Waters
Biography Medical Eponyms Waters To-and-Fro Carbon Dioxide Absorption Canister (1923) Guedel-Waters Cuffed intratracheal tube (1928) The catheter effectively prevents all air leaks and renders the respiratory system entirely closed, with a controllable to and fro respiratory exchange. Aspiration of foreign…