Johannes von Esmarch
Johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch (1823 - 1908) was a German Surgeon.
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H Kirk Watson
Biography 1960 – Graduated George Washington University Medical Eponyms Watson’s test (1988) [scaphoid shift] – to assess scapholunate instability Key Medical Attributions Controversies Major Publications Watson HK, Ashmead D 4th, Makhlouf MV. Examination of the scaphoid. J Hand Surg Am. 1988…
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Rolland J. Whitacre
Biography Born Died Medical Eponyms Whitacre epidural needle Whitacre epidural needle tip is shaped into circular cone or bullet with side-hole for injection of solution. This Pencil Point (Whitacre point) is used for Spinal Anesthesia and is characterized by low…
Oral B. Crawford
Biography Born 3 July 1921 Brookfield, Missouri BS, University of Missouri MD, Louisiana State University Internship Kansas City General Hospital Clinical Associate Professor, University of Missouri School of Medicine 1964 – vice president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Chairman,…
Walter Putnam Blount
Walter Putnam Blount (1900 – 1992) was an American Orthopedic Surgeon. Eponym: Erlacher-Blount syndrome; Blount staple. Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery.
Ramon Brugada
Biography Born 1966 Banyoles 1990 – Medical degree, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 1995 – Emory University, Atlanta 2000 – Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Medical Eponyms Brugada Syndrome Key Medical Attributions Controversies Major Publications Brugada J, Brugada P, Brugada…
Jean-Nicolas Corvisart
Jean-Nicolas Corvisart des Marets (1755 - 1821) was a French physician.
Diphtheria Antitoxin
Find out when to give the diphtheria vaccine in the immunisation schedule and when to give the antitoxin via our A-Z tropical vaccine library.
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Wrestling with Risk
Risk in Emergency medicine - what is it, how to doctors assess it and how they make decisions? How can we make things better? Some answers, more questions.
Robert F. Hustead
Biography Born 1928 Pueblo, Colorado MD, Yale University 1950 – President of the American Society of Anesthesiologists 1959-1961 Johns Hopkins departments of anesthesiology and OB/GYN 1961 – University of Kansas School of Medicine 1973 – Ophthalmic anesthesia Wichita, Kansas Founder…