Moritz Romberg
Moritz Heinrich Romberg (1795–1873) a founder of clinical neurology, Romberg’s sign, Parry–Romberg syndrome and Howship–Romberg sign
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A Cluster of Surgeons
Adrien Barrère (1874-1931) produced a series of lithographs of the Professors in the Faculties of Medicine. Fourth lithograph 'A cluster of surgeons' in 1910
Twelve Professors of Pathology
Adrien Barrère (1874-1931) produced a series of lithographs of the Professors in the Faculties of Medicine. Third lithograph 'Twelve Professors of Pathology' in 1910
Sixteen French doctors
Adrien Barrère (1874-1931) produced a series of lithographs of the Professors in the Faculties of Medicine. Second lithograph '16 French doctors' in 1906
A vivid grouping
Adrien Barrère (1874-1931) produced a series of lithographs of the Professors in the Faculties of Medicine. First lithograph 'a vivid grouping' in 1903
Adrien Barrère
Adrien Barrère (Adrien Baneux) (1874-1931) was a French medical caricaturist, poster artist and painter in Paris during the Belle Époque
August Richter
August Gottlieb Richter (1742–1812), German surgeon; Richter’s hernia, advanced cataract extraction, and elevated surgery into academia
Benjamin Brodie
Sir Benjamin Brodie (1783–1862), English surgeon; pioneer in joint disease, Brodie’s abscess, medical ethics, and surgical education reform.
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 Sakel
Manfred J. Sakel (1900–1957), Austrian neuropsychiatrist, pioneered insulin coma therapy—an early somatic treatment for schizophrenia, now obsolete
Ugo Cerletti
Ugo Cerletti (1877–1963), Italian neuropsychiatrist, pioneered ECT with Lucio Bini in 1938, reshaping psychiatric care and inspiring early biological psychiatry.
Lucio Bini
Lucio Bini (1908–1964), co-inventor of electroconvulsive therapy, pioneered psychiatric innovation but faced marginalization in later years.