Friedrich Ludwig Kreysig
Friedrich Ludwig Kreysig (1779 - 1839) was a German physician and botanist. Described the Heim-Kreysig sign (1816)
Category LITFL
Turner syndrome
Ullrich-Turner syndrome
Ernst Ludwig Heim
Ernst Ludwig Heim (1747 - 1834) was a German physician and naturalist. Heim-Kreysig sign (1816) adherent pericarditis
Auguste-Nicolas Gendrin
Auguste-Nicolas Gendrin (1796 - 1890) was a French physician.
Selma A. Myhre
Selma Ann (née Myhre) Hageman (1937 - 2012) was an American pediatrician. Myhre syndrome (1981)
Down Syndrome
Description What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification… History 1838 – Jean Etienne Dominique Esquirol (1772-1840), a founder of modern alienism (psychiatry). 1846 – Edouard Onesimus Séguin (1812–1880) was one of the first to outline a complete plan for the…
Ambroise Paré
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
Richard Lower (1631 - 1691) was an English physiologist. Early descriptions of cardiac tamponade, pericarditis, blood transfusion, xenotransfusion
Arnaldo Cantani
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 A. Diesendruck
Judith Abarbanel Diesendruck (1920 - 2007) was a Russian-American bacteriologist. Nelson-Diesendruck basal medium (1950)
Friedrich Busch
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
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.