Category Eponym
Howard Henry Tooth (1856-1925) 680

Howard Henry Tooth

Howard Henry Tooth (1856–1925), English neurologist; Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease; specialist in spinal degeneration and wartime medical service.

James Ramsay Hunt (1874-1937) 680

James Ramsay Hunt

James Ramsay Hunt (1874-1937) American neurologist. Renowned for his contributions to the field of neurology. Several conditions bear his name including Ramsay Hunt syndrome (1907)

eponym LITFL 340

Eugen von Bamberger

Eugen von Bamberger (1858–1921), Austrian internist; co-described Marie–Bamberger syndrome (hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy); pioneer of clinical diagnostics.

Robert Bentley Todd (1809-1860) 680

Robert Todd

Robert Bentley Todd (1809-1860) was an Irish physician. Provided early depictions of migraine, peripheral neuritis, and postepileptic paralysis (Todd's palsy). He also gave an important discourse on locomotor ataxy (tabes dorsalis).

August Gottlieb Richter (1742-1812) 680

August Richter

August Gottlieb Richter (1742–1812), German surgeon; Richter’s hernia, advanced cataract extraction, and elevated surgery into academia

Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie (1783-1862) 680

Benjamin Brodie

Sir Benjamin Brodie (1783–1862), English surgeon; pioneer in joint disease, Brodie’s abscess, medical ethics, and surgical education reform.

Manfred Joshua Sakel (1900-1957)

Manfred Sakel

Manfred J. Sakel (1900–1957), Austrian neuropsychiatrist, pioneered insulin coma therapy—an early somatic treatment for schizophrenia, now obsolete