Sidney Weinstein
Sidney Weinstein (1922 - 2010) was and American neuroscientist and neuropsychologist. Semmes-Weinstein monofilament test and the Weinstein Enhanced Sensory Test
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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
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Carl Hueter
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Alan Lyell
Alan Lyell (1917-2007) was a Scottish Dermatologist. Lyell Syndrome (1956) AKA toxic epidermal necrolysis.
René Leriche
Henri Marie René Leriche (1879–1955) French surgeon. Described as the father of vascular surgery. Leriche syndrome (1940), Leriche operation (1913)
Bruno Fleischer
Bruno Otto Fleischer (1874 – 1965) was a German ophthalmologist.
Robert Marcus Gunn
Robert Marcus Gunn (1850-1909) was a Scottish Ophthalmologist. Marcus Gunn pupillary phenomenon (1902), aka relative afferent pupillary defect or RAPD
Hermann von Helmholtz
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Kinnier Wilson
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Bernard Kayser
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Laza Lazarević
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