Greta Beighton
Greta Janet Beighton (1939 – 2017) was an English nurse and genetic researcher. Beighton score; Person behind the syndrome
Category LITFL
Ebstein anomoly
Description What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification… History Associated Persons Wilhelm Ebstein (1836 – 1912) Alternative names Name Name Controversies Did they first describe or popularise or plagiarise? References Ebstein W. Über einen sehr seltenen Fall von Insufficienz der Valvula…
George Budd
George Budd (1808 – 1882) was an English physician. Extensive reviews and publications pertaining to gastroenterology and hepatology. His principal works were Diseases of the Liver (1845), and Diseases of the Stomach (1855)
John Call Dalton Jr
John Call Dalton Jr (1825 - 1889) was an American physiologist.
Klaus Patau
Klaus Pätau (1908 - 1975) was a German-born, American Cytogeneticist. Trisomy 13 is most commonly termed Patau Syndrome.
Liliane Schnitzler
Liliane Schnitzler (1938 - ) French dermatologist. Schnitzler syndrome (1972, 1974)
Ivan Razdolsky
Иван Яковлевич Раздольский; Ivan Yakovlievich Razdolskii (1890 - 1962) was a Russian Neurosurgeon and neuropathologist. Razdolsky sign (1924)
Francoise Goutières
Françoise Goutières French pediatric neurologist. Aicardi-Goutières syndrome (1984)
Marlis Tolksdorf
Marlis Tolksdorf (1924 - 1997) German cytogeneticist. Eponymously remembered for her description of Wiedemann-Tolksdorf syndrome in 1973
Carl Langenbuch
Carl Johann August Langenbuch (1846 - 1901) was a German surgeon. Pioneer in hepatobiliary surgery and performed the first cholecystectomy at the Lazarus Hospital in Berlin in July 1882
Physician Suicide
A friend of mine killed himself recently. This is a call to arms. As a profession it’s time for us to wake up to this problem, and to act.
Thomas Addison
Thomas Addison (1795 - 1860) was an English physician.