Category Eponym
Eduard Glanzmann (1887-1959) 340

Eduard Glanzmann

Biography Born 12 April 1887, Luzern 1909-1912 Studied medicine in Zürich, Berlin, and Berne 1914 – MD, Berne 1915 – Postgraduate studies at the paediatric clinic in the Charité, Berlin 1929 – Privatdozent in paediatrics, Berne 1932 – Professor and Director…

Philip Steven Wells criteria PE DVT 340

Philip S Wells

Biography Born Kincardine, Canada 1984 – Graduated with MD from the University of Ottawa 1989 – Achieved FRCP Internal Medicine Fellowship from the University of Ottawa 1991 – Achieved FRCP specialisation in haematology at McMaster University 1994 – MSc in…

Sidney Weinstein (1922 - 2010) 340

Sidney Weinstein

Sidney Weinstein (1922 - 2010) was and American neuroscientist and neuropsychologist. Semmes-Weinstein monofilament test and the Weinstein Enhanced Sensory Test

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.

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)