Fournier gangrene
Fournier gangrene - a fulminant polymicrobial necrotizing fasciitis affecting the perineal or genital regions. Alfred Jean Fournier (1883)
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Meath Hospital
The Meath Hospital (Ospidéal na Mí) was the oldest voluntary hospital in continuous existence in Ireland; the oldest university teaching hospital; and a most significant hub of medical eponyms and notable names.
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Richard von Volkmann
Richard von Volkmann (1830-1889) German surgeon, author of poetry and fiction. Multiple eponyms including Volkmann’s ischaemic contracture
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Garrett Pipkin
Garrett Pipkin (1904-1981) was an American orthopedic surgeon. Eponymously affiliated with the Pipkin classification of femoral head fractures
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CORE and FOAMres
CORE offers free access to millions of research papers and host the world’s largest collection of open access full texts. CORE is a not-for-profit service delivered by The Open University and Jisc
Riding the FOAM of ECG Waves
FOAMed movement has facilitated access to myriad online educational resources and journals, previously locked behind a paywall. ecgwaves update for all LITFL readers who enjoy putting the F into FOAM...
Portable apparatus for the recovery of the apparently dead
In 1789 Savigny published a description of the construction and uses of a portable apparatus for the recovery of the apparently dead, notable for it's catchy title and for the amazing prehospital resuscitation equipment replete with an ETT, NGT, OGT, bag...and rectal desufflator