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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…

Jonathan Hutchinson

Sir Jonathan Hutchinson (1828 - 1913) was a British Dermatologist, Ophthalmologist, Pathologist and Venereologist.

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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."

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Thomas Morgan Rotch

Thomas Morgan Rotch (1849-1914) was an American pediatrician. Rotch sign in pericardial effusion (1878) and Rotch pediatric incubator (1893)

Ralph M. Waters

Biography Medical Eponyms Waters To-and-Fro Carbon Dioxide Absorption Canister (1923) Guedel-Waters Cuffed intratracheal tube (1928) The catheter effectively prevents all air leaks and renders the respiratory system entirely closed, with a controllable to and fro respiratory exchange. Aspiration of foreign…