Heinrich Quincke
Heinrich Irenaeus Quincke (1842 - 1922) was a German physician. Quincke's name is eponymous with Quincke's pulse (1868), Quiuncke's oedema (1882), Quincke's achorion (1886), and Quincke's puncture (1891).
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Nikolay Sheklakov
Nikolay Dmitriyevich Sheklakov Николай Дмитриевич Шеклаков (1918-1989) was a medical mycologist and dermatologist, Sheklakov sign in bullous dermatoses
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Wilhelm Lutz
Wilhelm Lutz (1888-1958) was a Swiss dermatologist. Eponyms Lewandowsky-Lutz dysplasia, Lutz-Miescher syndrome, Lutz sign
Muehrcke lines
Muehrcke's nails (or Muehrcke lines) are a disorder of the nail bed which can be a reflection of systemic disease. A distinct pattern of paired, white, transverse lines that usually spare the thumbnail and are most commonly in seen in association with hypoalbuminaemia, metabolic stress or chemotherapy.
Murphy’s sign
Murphy’s sign is elicited in patients with acute cholecystitis by asking the patient to take in and hold a deep breath while palpating the right subcostal area. John Benjamin Murphy (1903)
Where are all the Women?
Hypothesis: Women are underrepresented in the realm of medical eponyms. Deep dive into eponymythology, and the roiling ocean of gender imbalance.
Piotr Nikolsky
Piotr Vasiliyevich Nikolskiy Петро Васильович Нікольський (1858-1940) was a Russian dermatologist
Leo Rigler
Leo George Rigler (1896-1979) was an American radiologist. Eponymously affiliated with Rigler sign; Rigler triad; Rigler notch sign; Hoffman-Rigler sign
Mindfulness: 102
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Oxygen Cylinder
Oxygen Cylinder: Portable supply of supplemental oxygen to maintain aerobic metabolism during patient transport
Lewis lead
The Lewis lead configuration can help to detect atrial activity and its relationship to ventricular activity. Named after Welsh cardiologist Sir Thomas Lewis (1881-1945) who first described in 1913.