Frederick Forchheimer
Frederick Forchheimer (1853–1913), U.S. paediatrician and educator, described Forchheimer spots and published landmark internal medicine textbooks
Frederick Forchheimer (1853–1913), U.S. paediatrician and educator, described Forchheimer spots and published landmark internal medicine textbooks
Nil Filatov (1847–1902), founder of Russian paediatrics, described key signs in measles, rubella, and mononucleosis; led Moscow’s first children’s hospital.
Louis Virgil Hamman (1877–1946), Johns Hopkins physician and diagnostician, described Hamman’s sign, Hamman syndrome, and Hamman-Rich syndrome
Raymond Garcin (1897–1971), French neurologist and Salpêtrière educator; described Garcin syndrome, “main creuse” sign, and led postwar French neurology.
Joseph Rouanet (1797–1865), French physician, first linked heart sounds to valve closure. His 1832 thesis laid foundations for modern cardiac auscultation.
Charles Edward Beevor (1854-1908) was an English neurologist. Beevor sign - indicating a spinal cord lesion between T10 and T12
Karel Maydl (1853–1903), Czech surgeon, pioneer of colostomy, bladder exstrophy surgery, and Maydl’s hernia; early describer of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD)
Today we cover lateral canthotomy and cantholysis, with a guide made in partnership with a recent publication in Australasian Emergency Care
Today we cover lateral canthotomy and cantholysis, with a guide made in partnership with a recent publication in Australasian Emergency Care
Owen Conor Ward (1923–2021), Irish paediatric cardiologist, co-described Romano-Ward syndrome; pioneer of children’s cardiac care and medical historian
Cesarino Romano (1924–2008), Italian paediatrician, co-described Romano-Ward syndrome; led advances in cystic fibrosis, metabolic screening, and emergency care.
Norwegian internist Fred Lange-Nielsen (1919–1989), co-discoverer of Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome, was a lung specialist, allergy pioneer, jazz musician, and human rights advocate.