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Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen (1833 – 1910) 340

Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen

Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen (1833 - 1910) was a German pathologist. Eponymously affiliated with von Recklinghausen disease (neurofibromatosis NF-1); von Recklinghausen tumor (adenoleiomyofibroma); and von Recklinghausen canals (lymphatic canaliculi).

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von Recklinghausen disease

Neurofibromatosis (NF) is the term used to describe a group of genetic disorders primarily affecting the cell growth of neural tissues. Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a neurodermal dysplasia, previously known as von Recklinghausen disease. (1882)

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René Laennec

René Laennec (1781-1826) was a French physician. Laennec invented the stethoscope in 1816 also coined the terms for cirrhosis and melanoma

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Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 245

Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 245

Hein Wellens

Henrick Joan Joost (Hein) Wellens (1935 - ) is a Dutch cardiologist. Eponymously affiliated with Wellens syndrome in 1982

Tropical Travel Trouble

Stiff in the mouth

Tropical Traveler Clinical Case. Tetanus aetiology, differential, diagnosis, management, treatment and prophylaxis

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Peer Reviewed Lectures

The journal Academic Emergency Medicine now includes PeRLS (peer-reviewed lectures) as publications. Get your video cameras out people!

Tropical Travel Trouble

Frothing Mad

Frothing mad. Tropical Travel Clinical Case. Rabies aetiology, diagnosis, differential, management, treatment and prophylaxis

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Bennett fracture

Bennett fracture: Intra-articular fracture of the base of first metacarpal with carpometacarpal joint involvement. Edward Hallaran Bennett (1837-1907)