Paracetamol or Acetaminophen?
Paracetamol or acetaminophen? Discover how one familiar analgesic was made, overlooked, rediscovered and given two different names worldwide.
Category Eponymythology
Adrenaline or epinephrine?
Adrenaline or epinephrine? Based on the 'usage argument'; 'historical precedent' and 'etymological derivation'...
History of Neuraxial Anaesthesia
History of neuraxial anaesthesia: milestones in spinal and epidural blockade from Koller and Corning to Quincke, Bier, Tuohy and Curbelo.
Auto-appendicectomy
Auto-appendicectomy: three landmark self-appendectomy cases—Kane (1921), McLaren (1944), Rogozov (1961)—and what they reveal about surgery in extremis.
History of the gallstone ileus
history of gallstone ileus: from early autopsy reports to surgical breakthroughs, tracing its clinical evolution from Courvoisier to Clavien
Name that murmur
Eponymythology: heart murmur eponyms and named cardiac murmurs. Related eponyms, the person behind their origin, their relevance today, and modern terminology.
Eponymous Triads
Eponymous medical triads, tetrads, and pentads: clusters of signs and symptoms aiding diagnosis and clinical teaching
Non-traumatic Abdominal Ecchymosis
Non-traumatic abdominal ecchymosis of the abdominal wall and flanks (Grey Turner, Cullen and Stabler); scrotum (Bryant) and upper thigh (Fox) as clues to potentially serious causes of abdominal pathology.
Eponymous Hernia
Eponymous hernias: clear definition, etymology, and a quick guide to types—Amyand, de Garengeot, Littre, Richter, Spigelian, Bochdalek, Morgagni.
Coudé tip catheter
The coudé catheter has a curved tip and is derived from the French term “coudé” for “elbow.” Described by Louis Auguste Mercier in 1836
Eponymous ankle and talus injuries
Eponymythology associated with signs, symptoms, investigation and management of ankle and talus injuries, fractures and conditions.
Appendicitis – the eponymous examination
Authors eponymously associated with abdominal signs, symptoms, investigation and management of appendicitis