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Raymond-de-Vieussens-1641-1715 340

Raymond Vieussens

Raymond de Vieussens (*1641 - 1715) was a French anatomist. He is renowned for his pioneering work on cardiac and nervous system anatomy.

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Blumgart-Ernstene murmur

Duroziez-type murmur observed with the patients arm subjected to various temperatures of water and by applying a subdiastolic pressure below the auscultation site, to help differentiate between aortic insufficiency and peripheral vasodilatation.

Herrman Ludwig Blumgart (1895-1977) 340

Herrman Blumgart

Herrman Ludwig Blumgart (1895-1977) was an American physician, cardiologist and pioneer of diagnostic nuclear medicine. Blumgart-Ernstene murmur (1933)

Nathan Charles

Patients are often a source of inspiration and hope. One such stand out individual is Nathan Charles.

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Rosenbach disease

Description What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification… History 1873 – Tilbury Fox (1836-1879) first to describe what is now generally designated as erysipeloid. In 1873 Fox briefly described two instances of an eruption clinically conforming with that disease. 1873…

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Petr Skrabanek

Prof Petr Skrabanek (1940 - 1994) was a Czech-born, Irish practicing physician and author. Skrabanek was a critic of medical humbug and proponent of appropriate scepticism regarding medical dogma