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Marcus Gunn Pupil

A pupil that responds by constricting more to an indirect than to a direct light, seen with unilateral optic nerve or retinal disease

Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (1821 – 1894)

Hermann von Helmholtz

Biographical Timeline Medical Eponyms Young–Helmholtz Trichromatic Theory of Colour Vision Helmholtz expanded on the earlier hypothesis of Thomas Young (1773–1829), who proposed that human colour vision relied on three types of retinal receptors. In the mid-1850s, Helmholtz refined this into…

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Kinnier Wilson

Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (1878 – 1937) was an American-born British neurologist. Following his extensive work on hepatolenticular degeneration this condition is eponymously termed Wilson disease

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Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 090

In the 90th FFFF you will develop a new found fear of caterpillars, be mystifed by Obecalp, puzzle over what over 70% of antibiotics are used for in the good ole USA, weigh up the framing effect and undergo surgery in 1945 with an unusual implement...

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Lasègue test

Description What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification… History 1864 Lasègue  1880 Lazarević 1881 J. J. Forst the patient is placed on the bed in supine position, and we take the foot of the affected limb in one hand… holding…

Lazar K. Lazarević (Лазаp К. Лазаревић) (1851 – 1891) 1200

Laza Lazarević

Lazar K. Lazarević (Лазаp К. Лазаревић) (1851 - 1891) was a Serbian psychiatrist, neurologist and writer

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Roy Glenwood Spurling

Col. Roy Glenwood Spurling (1894 – 1968) was an American neurosurgeon. Eponymously affiliated with Spurling manoeuvre or Spurling Test described in 1944 as a provocative test of the cervical spine in cervical radiculopathy

Frederick Roeck Thompson

Frederick Roeck Thompson (1907–1983) was an American orthopedic surgeon. Developed a cemented vitallium prosthesis with a distinctive flared collar independent of Austin Moore.