Robert Arden Miller
Robert Arden Miller (1906 – 1976) American anesthesiologist. Miller laryngoscope blade, first manufactured by the Welch-Allyn Company (1941)
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James Barry (Margaret Ann Bulkley)
Biography Key Medical Contributions 1826 – Performed first recorded successful caesarean section (in the English-speaking world) with survival of both mother and child Controversies Major Publications References
Jean-François Kérandel
Jean Francois Kerandel (1873-1934) was a French physician. Symptoms of African human trypanosomiasis Kerandel sign and symptom
Edwin Sterling Munson
Edwin Sterling Munson (1870-1958) was an American ophthalmologist.Munson sign, a V-shaped indentation of the lower eyelid when the gaze is directed downwards, an indication that is characteristic of advanced keratoconus.
Heinrich von Bamberger
Heinrich von Bamberger (1822 - 1888) was an Austrian physician. Bamberger sign in pericardial effusion (1856); Bamberger-Concato disease
William West
William James West (1794-1848) described West Syndrome (Infantile Spasms) - Triad of infantile spasms, developmental delay and hypsarrhythmia
Sutton’s Law
Sutton's law: When making a diagnosis one should first consider the obvious, and conduct tests which could confirm/ rule out the most likely diagnosis.
Johann Lukas Schönlein
Johann Lukas Schönlein (1793 – 1864) was a German physician. Eponymously affiliated with Henoch-Schönlein Purpura
James Parkinson
James Parkinson (1755-1824) was an English surgeon, apothecary, palaeontologist, geologist and political activist. Parkinson's disease (1817)
Fritz Valdemar Rasmussen
Fritz Valdemar Rasmussen (1837-1877) was a Danish physician. Co-editor of the Hospitals-Tidende Journal, Rasmussen recorded cases of massive haemoptysis secondary to pulmonary artery aneurysm in association with tuberculosis - eponymously termed the Rasmussen aneurysm
Hakaru Hashimoto
Hakaru Hashimoto 橋本 策 (1881 - 1934) was a Japanese medical practitioner. Hashimoto thyroiditis 1912
Jean-Baptiste Octave Landry
Jean-Baptiste Octave Landry de Thézillat (1826 - 1865) was a French physician. Landry ascending paralysis (1859) as early description of Guillain–Barré syndrome (1916)