John Alfred Ryle
John Alfred Ryle (1889–1950) was an English physician and epidemiologist. Coined the phrase angor animi; and the Ryle nasogastric tube bears his name
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Yvonne Cossart
Yvonne Edna Cossart (1934-2014) was an Australian virologist. In 1975, Cossart and her colleagues recognised parvovirus B19
Andranik Ovassapian
Andranik Ovassapian (1936 - 2010) was an American anesthesiologist and expert on difficult airway management.
Tom Throckmorton
Tom Bentley Throckmorton (1885-1961) was an American neurologist. Eponym: Throckmorton sign (John Thomas sign); Throckmorton reflex
Wilhelm Fabry
Wilhelm Fabricius von Hilden, also known as Guilhelmus Fabricius Hildanus, became known as the father of German surgery.
Lindsay nails
Lindsay nails (half-and-half nails) is an apparent leukonychia of the proximal portion of the nail which is white with distal 20-60% reddish-brown
Philip G. Lindsay
Philip Gaylord Lindsay (1937 - 2017) was an American physician and psychiatrist. Remembered eponymously for Lindsay nails (1967)
Cotton fracture
Cotton fracture (trimalleolar fracture) described in 1915 by Frederic Jay Cotton (1869-1939); fracture of the ankle that involving the lateral malleolus, medial malleolus and distal posterior aspect of the tibia (posterior malleolus).
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Alexander Wood
Alexander Wood (1817-1884) was a Scottish physician. Inventor of the first hypodermic needle (1853), taking the 'sting of the bee' as his model
Jules-Joseph Dejerine
Jules-Joseph Déjerine (1849 - 1917) was a French neurologist. Jules-Joseph Déjerine (1849 - 1917) was a French neurologist. Eminent neurologist of the French 'classical neurology' era along with Brissaud, Marie and Babinski.
Frederic Hewitt
Biography Medical Eponyms Hewitt airway (1908) Major Publications References Biography Eponymous terms