Category LITFL
Marie-Strümpell disease 680

Marie-Strümpell disease

Marie-Strümpell disease (ankylosing spondylitis): a chronic inflammatory spinal arthritis with progressive axial fusion, first described by Pierre Marie and Adolf Strümpell in the late 19th century.

August Gottlieb Richter (1742-1812) 680

August Richter

August Gottlieb Richter (1742–1812), German surgeon; Richter’s hernia, advanced cataract extraction, and elevated surgery into academia

Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie (1783-1862) 680

Benjamin Brodie

Sir Benjamin Brodie (1783–1862), English surgeon; pioneer in joint disease, Brodie’s abscess, medical ethics, and surgical education reform.

knee injury eponymythology 340

Eponymous knee injuries

Eponymythology of the signs, symptoms, investigation and management of knee injuries. Related eponyms, the person behind their origin, their relevance today, and modern terminology

Manfred Joshua Sakel (1900-1957)

Manfred Sakel

Manfred J. Sakel (1900–1957), Austrian neuropsychiatrist, pioneered insulin coma therapy—an early somatic treatment for schizophrenia, now obsolete