Johann Lukas Schönlein
Johann Lukas Schönlein (1793 – 1864) was a German physician. Eponymously affiliated with Henoch-Schönlein Purpura
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Osler node
Osler node: Painful, red, raised lesions usually found on the palms and soles. Caused by immune complex deposition and the resulting inflammatory response.
Moritz Heinrich Romberg
Moritz Heinrich Romberg (1795-1873) was a German neurologist. Eponym: Romberg Test, Parry-Romberg syndrome and Howship–Romberg sign
André Strohl
André Strohl (1887 -1977) was a French physician and physicist. Guillain-Barré-Strohl syndrome described in 1916
James Parkinson
James Parkinson (1755 – 1824) was an English surgeon, apothecary, palaeontologist, geologist and political activist.
Kerley lines
Peter James Kerley first described horizontal lines that he postulated to be peri-vascular lymphatics in patients with mitral stenosis and left ventricular failure
The Procedures Course
The Procedures Course is a 'hands on' cadaver based course designed to help you achieve mastery at life-limb-and-sight saving procedures.
On becoming a doctor
Guest post by Dr Akmez Latona as he enters advanced training in Emergency Medicine
Rigler sign
Radiographic sign of pneumoperitoneum. Air in the peritoneum and air within the intraluminal spaces outline the luminal and serosal surfaces of the bowel wall.
Jean-Alexandre Barré
Jean-Alexandre Barré (1880-1967) was a French neurologist. Multiple neurological eponyms including with Guillain and Strohl with the acute paralytic neuropathy known as Guillain - Barré syndrome described in 1916.
Fritz Valdemar Rasmussen
Fritz Valdemar Rasmussen (1837-1877) was a Danish physician. Co-editor of the Hospitals-Tidende Journal, Rasmussen recorded cases of massive haemoptysis secondary to pulmonary artery aneurysm in association with tuberculosis - eponymously termed the Rasmussen aneurysm
Hakaru Hashimoto
Hakaru Hashimoto 橋本 策 (1881 - 1934) was a Japanese medical practitioner. Hashimoto thyroiditis 1912