Paracetamol or Acetaminophen?
Paracetamol or acetaminophen? Discover how one familiar analgesic was made, overlooked, rediscovered and given two different names worldwide.
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History of fluorescein
Fluorescein: history, chemistry and modern eye uses—corneal staining, Seidel leak test, Jones drainage test and retinal angiography.
Adrenaline or epinephrine?
Adrenaline or epinephrine? Based on the 'usage argument'; 'historical precedent' and 'etymological derivation'...
Ombrédanne–Armingeat syndrome
Ombrédanne–Armingeat syndrome: historical infant postoperative pallor–hyperthermia syndrome and relationship to malignant hyperthermia.
Tönnis classification
Tönnis classification for developmental hip dysplasia: radiographic grades, key landmarks, limitations, historical development and the IHDI system
Capener triangle
Capener triangle is an early AP radiographic sign of SCFE, showing loss of the normal triangular overlap between the femoral neck and acetabulum.
Gissane angle
Gissane angle. Measurement on lateral calcaneal radiographs, normal values, clinical use, limitations and historical development.
Andrén–von Rosen view
Andrén–von Rosen view is an abduction–internal rotation radiograph used in DDH. Review technique, von Rosen line, pitfalls and history.
von Rosen splint
Von Rosen splint is an aluminium abduction splint for neonatal hip instability. Review history, design, evidence, complications and history.
Sharp angle
Sharp angle measures acetabular inclination on AP pelvic radiographs. Review the measurement, normal values, history and Ullmann–Sharp attribution.
Louis Ombrédanne
Biographical Timeline Medical Eponyms Ombrédanne ether inhaler (1908) 1908 – Ombrédanne was critical of contemporary inhalers for interrupted administration, limited ether evaporation and unstable anaesthetic depth. In 1908 he introduced his appareil pour l’anesthésie par l’éther. This apparatus incorporated a…
Köhler teardrop
Köhler teardrop is the pelvic teardrop seen on AP pelvis radiographs. Definition, anatomy, clinical use, history and eponymythology.