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Refetoff Syndrome

Description Refetoff Syndrome: Thyroid hormone resistance is a rare syndrome in which thyroid hormone levels are elevated but the thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) level is not suppressed (or not completely suppressed as would be expected). History 1967 – first report…

Ludwig Edinger

Ludwig Edinger (1855-1918) was a German neurologist and anatomist. Edinger demonstrated the nucleus in the foetus in 1885; and Westphal in the adult in 1887.

Josep Brugada

Biography Born Hospital Clínic de Barcelona Died Medical Eponyms Brugada Syndrome Key Medical Attributions Controversies Major Publications Brugada P, Brugada J. Right bundle branch block, persistent ST segment elevation and sudden cardiac death: a distinct clinical and electrocardiographic syndrome. A…

Michael DeBakey

Biography Born 7 September 1908 Lake Charles, Louisiana to Shaker and Raheeja Dabaghi (anglicised to DeBakey) Died 11 July 2008 Medical Eponyms Key Medical Attributions Controversies Major Publications References

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Crazy Bug Hunter 002

In 1900 Dr Jesse William Lazear joined the Yellow Fever Commission team in Cuba under Walter Reed. He was employed to conduct studies into the bacteriology of tropical diseases.

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Those we carry

Those we carry: "All of us have our own burdens, names chiselled on our hearts. We carry their bodies in silence. We carry them alone, refusing to cry. We hold them close, and keep the living at arm’s length."