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Christian Doppler

Christian Andreas (Johann) Doppler (1803-1853) was an Austrian physicist and mathematician known principally for his description of the Doppler effect

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Bernard Lown

Bernard Lown (1921-2021) American cardiologist, activist and inventor. Developed DC cardioversion. Nobel Peace prize winner. Eponym: Lown-Ganong-Levine

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Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF, introducing the Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 239 Question 1 Who said ”My life…

Gilbert syndrome

Gilbert's syndrome: congenital, benign, chronic, intermittent hyperbilirubinemia. Fluctuating episodes of jaundice in the absence of any specific symptoms, with an excess of unconjugated bilirubin present in the urine.

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Leonard Erskine Hill

Sir Leonard Erskine Hill (1866 - 1952) was an English physiologist. Remembered for Hill's sign first described in 1909