CXR eponyms in pulmonary embolism
CXR eponyms in pulmonary embolism: Westermark, Hampton, Fleischner, Chang and Palla signs, their history, original descriptions and modern relevance.
Category Eponymythology
Dulcor
Dulcor: a proposed sweet sign of chronic inflammation, linking glycation and advanced glycation end-products with Celsus’s classical cardinal signs.
History of epidural needles and catheters
History of epidural needles and catheters from caudal access and loss of resistance to Tuohy, Curbelo and modern catheter design.
History of Spinal Needles
History of spinal needles from early lumbar puncture and Quincke cutting bevels to Greene, Whitacre and Sprotte atraumatic designs reducing PDPH.
Paracetamol or Acetaminophen?
Paracetamol or acetaminophen? Discover how one familiar analgesic was made, overlooked, rediscovered and given two different names worldwide.
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 laryngoscopy (1743–1896)
Early laryngoscopy: illumination, mirrors and the first direct view Year Person / instrument Historical contribution and significance 1743 André Levret (1703–1780) Developed a reflective speculum used in the examination and removal of nasal and pharyngeal polyps. Precursor to indirect laryngoscopy,…
History of laryngoscopy (1967–2010)
Fibreoptics, difficult-airway blades and video laryngoscopy Year Person / instrument Historical contribution and significance 1967–1968 Shigeto Ikeda; Calder and Murphy Development of flexible fibreoptic bronchoscopy and early fibreoptic-assisted tracheal intubation. The instrument-development and first clinical-intubation claims need to be distinguished.…
History of laryngoscopy (1903–1977)
The intubating laryngoscope and development of the modern blade Year Person / instrument Historical contribution and significance 1903 Chevalier Jackson (1865–1958) Jackson developed a separable laryngeal speculum/direct laryngoscope; first published 1907. 1910–1912 Gustav Killian (1860–1921) Robert Clyde Lynch (1880-1931) Development…
History of the gallstone ileus
history of gallstone ileus: from early autopsy reports to surgical breakthroughs, tracing its clinical evolution from Courvoisier to Clavien
