Category Eponym
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

Lucio Bini (1908–1964) 680

Lucio Bini

Lucio Bini (1908–1964), co-inventor of electroconvulsive therapy, pioneered psychiatric innovation but faced marginalization in later years.

Ladislas Joseph Meduna (1896-1964) 1680

Ladislas Meduna

Ladislas J. Meduna (1896–1964), pioneer of convulsive therapy, explored epilepsy-schizophrenia antagonism, CO₂ therapy, and oneirophrenia in psychiatry.

Mary Broadfoot Walker (1888 – 1974) 340

Mary Walker

Mary Broadfoot Walker (1888 - 1974) was a Scottish physician. Mary Walker effect (1934); neostigmine and myasthenia gravis

Sir William Stokes (1839-1900) 680

Sir William Stokes (surgeon)

Sir William Stokes (1839–1900), Irish surgeon and son of William Stokes, pioneered surgical techniques and served as RCSI professor and Queen Victoria’s surgeon

Nil Fyodorovich Filatov (1847-1902) 680

Nil Filatov

Nil Filatov (1847–1902), founder of Russian paediatrics, described key signs in measles, rubella, and mononucleosis; led Moscow’s first children’s hospital.

Louis Virgil Hamman (1877-1946) 680

Louis Hamman

Louis Virgil Hamman (1877–1946), Johns Hopkins physician and diagnostician, described Hamman’s sign, Hamman syndrome, and Hamman-Rich syndrome

eponym LITFL 340

Joseph Rouanet

Joseph Rouanet (1797–1865), French physician, first linked heart sounds to valve closure. His 1832 thesis laid foundations for modern cardiac auscultation.

Charles Beevor

Charles Edward Beevor (1854-1908) was an English neurologist. Beevor sign - indicating a spinal cord lesion between T10 and T12