Biography Born in 1509/1510 in Bourg-Hersant (Laval), France Died December 20, 1590 in Paris, France Medical Eponyms Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Paré A. Briefve collection de l’administration anatomique. 1549 Paré A. La maniere de traicter les playes faictes tant…
Richard Lower (1631 - 1691) was an English physiologist. Early descriptions of cardiac tamponade, pericarditis, blood transfusion, xenotransfusion
Biography Born 15 February 1837 1864 – Professor of materia medica and therapeutics at Pavia 1868 – Professor of internal medicine at Naples Died 30 April 1893 in Napoli Medical Eponyms Cantani sign: über dem Bauch hörbares Bläschengeräusch bei Perforationsperitonitis…
Judith Abarbanel Diesendruck (1920 - 2007) was a Russian-American bacteriologist. Nelson-Diesendruck basal medium (1950)
Biography Born 9 September 1844 1884 – Head of the newly opened Institute of Dental Medicine at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Berlin. Died 8 July 1916 Medical Eponyms Busch-Hoffa fracture [Hoffa fracture] (1869) Unicondylar coronal fracture of the lateral femoral condyle. Rare…
Mees lines: white bands traversing the full width of the nail, running parallel to the lunula, with no palpable ridges. As the nail grows they bands move distally and finally disappear when trimmed. The finding was initially related to acute arsenic poisoning.
Hermann Adolph Wülfing-Lüer (1836 – 1910) German Surgical instrument manufacturer. His wife Jeanne Amélie Lüer invented the original Lüer syringe in 1895
Biography Born April 6, 1870 in Husum, Germany 1894 – Medical doctorate from Jena 1897 – Met Cécile Mugnier in Paris 1898 – Friedrich Alfred Krupp financially supported them, and in 1898, Oskar and Cécile founded a private research institute…
Johann Hoffmann (1857-1919) was a German neurologist. The first 'pure' neurologist in Germany. Hoffmann reflex; Werdnig–Hoffmann syndrome
Biography Born April 26, 1780 in in Auxerre, France Died March 24, 1854 Medical Eponyms Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Controversies References Biography Malgaigne JF. Éloge de M. Roux. 1855 Eponymous terms
Dr Clare Skinner shares a Christmas tale and insights on working with the Emergency Department Admitting Officer.
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