Category LITFL
Leonardo Gigli (1863-1908)

Leonardo Gigli

Leonardo Gigli (1863-1908) was an Italian surgeon and gynaecologist. Inventor of the Gigli saw for lateralised pubiotomy

Barlow Syndrome 680

Barlow syndrome

Barlow syndrome (primary billowing mitral leaflet syndrome (BMLS)). Auscultatory findings of late systolic murmur with non-ejection ('mid-late') systolic click

John Brereton Barlow (1924-2008) 680

John Barlow

John Brereton Barlow (1924-2008) was a South African cardiologist. Barlow described mitral valve prolapse (eponymously known as Barlow’s syndrome) in 1963

Charles Henry Hudson (1903-1962) 680

Charles Hudson

Biography Medical Eponyms Hudson Mask Patented in 1958 by Charles H. Hudson (US Patent No. 2,843,121), the “Hudson mask” became the archetype of the disposable oxygen face mask Designed for low-flow oxygen therapy (5–10 L/min), delivering approximately 35–60% FiO₂. Constructed from…

eponym LITFL 340

AF Stanley Kent

A. F. Stanley Kent (1863–1958), cardiac physiologist; 'bundle of Kent', shaped early electrophysiology; pioneered industrial fatigue science

Charles Foix (1882-1927) 680

Charles Foix

Charles Foix (1882–1927), French neurologist; defined brainstem vascular syndromes, Foix–Alajouanine syndrome, and helped shape modern cerebrovascular neurology.

BAMBERGER–MARIE SYNDROME 680

Bamberger–Marie syndrome

Bamberger–Marie syndrome (hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy): clubbing, bone periostosis, and joint effusions—historically recognised as a paraneoplastic syndrome linked to lung disease.

Melvin Starkey Henderson (1883–1954) 680

Melvin S. Henderson

Melvin Starkey Henderson (1883–1954), founding Mayo orthopaedist and ABOS president, co-described Reichel–Jones–Henderson syndrome (synovial chondromatosis).

eponym LITFL 340

Friedrich Paul Reichel

Friedrich Paul Reichel (1858–1934), German surgeon, synovial osteochondromatosis and co-developed the Reichel-Polya gastric operation.

Théophile Antonin Joseph Alajouanine (1890-1980) 680

Théophile Alajouanine

Théophile Alajouanine (1890–1980), French neurologist and humanist; described Foix–Alajouanine syndrome, studied aphasia, epilepsy, and neurological creativity.