LITFL
Charles Foix (1882-1927) 680

Charles Foix

Charles Foix (1882–1927), French neurologist; defined brainstem vascular syndromes, Foix–Alajouanine syndrome, and helped shape modern cerebrovascular neurology.

BAMBERGER–MARIE SYNDROME 680

Bamberger–Marie syndrome

Bamberger–Marie syndrome (hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy): clubbing, bone periostosis, and joint effusions—historically recognised as a paraneoplastic syndrome linked to lung disease.

Melvin Starkey Henderson (1883–1954) 680

Melvin S. Henderson

Melvin Starkey Henderson (1883–1954), founding Mayo orthopaedist and ABOS president, co-described Reichel–Jones–Henderson syndrome (synovial chondromatosis).

eponym LITFL 340

Friedrich Paul Reichel

Friedrich Paul Reichel (1858–1934), German surgeon, synovial osteochondromatosis and co-developed the Reichel-Polya gastric operation.

Théophile Antonin Joseph Alajouanine (1890-1980) 680

Théophile Alajouanine

Théophile Alajouanine (1890–1980), French neurologist and humanist; described Foix–Alajouanine syndrome, studied aphasia, epilepsy, and neurological creativity.

eponym LITFL 340

Woldemar Mobitz

Woldemar Mobitz (1889-1951) was a Russian-German physician. Applied mathematical approach to arrhythmias 1924 Mobitz Type I and II AV Block

Ernst Adolf Gustav Gottfried von Strümpell (1853-1925) 680

Adolf von Strümpell

Ernst Adolf Gustav Gottfried von Strümpell (1853-1925) was a German neurologist. Strümpell signs, Strümpell-Lorrain disease, Marie-Strümpell disease and Westphal-Strümpell pseudosclerosis.

Battle sign 680

Battle Sign

Battle sign: mastoid ecchymosis indicating basilar skull fracture, described by W.H. Battle in 1890; it holds >75% PPV for posterior fossa injury.

William Henry Battle (1855-1936) 680

William Henry Battle

William Henry Battle (1855–1936) English surgeon. Battle incision, Battle operation and Battle sign postauricular (mastoid) ecchymosis

Carl Jakob Adolf Christian Gerhardt (1833 - 1902) 1200

Carl Gerhardt

Carl Gerhardt (1833–1902), German internist and paediatric pioneer, described Gerhardt’s sign and advanced diagnostics, paediatrics, and laryngology

eponym LITFL 340

Alfred Stieda

Eugen Julius Karl Paul Alfred Stieda (1869 – 1945) was a German Surgeon. Eponym: The Stieda fracture, Stieda tubercle and Pellegrini-Stieda disease (1908)