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J. Englebert Dunphy
John Englebert Dunphy (1908-1981). Dunphy sign [*cough test for appendicitis] increased pain, localised to the right lower quadrant.
Emil Perman
Emil Samuel Perman (1856 - 1946) was a Swedish general surgeon. Eponymsously associated with the Perman-Rovsing sign
Thomas Lewis
Sir Thomas Lewis (1881 - 1945) was a Welsh cardiologist. Eponymously remembered for the Lewis lead (S5-lead) (1913)
Niels Thorkild Rovsing
Niels Thorkild Rovsing (1862-1927) was a Danish surgeon Eponym linked with Rovsing sign (1907) in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis
Henry Edmund Gaskin Boyle
Henry Edmund Gaskin Boyle (1875-1941) was a Barbadian/British anaesthetist. Boyle machine and Boyle-Davis gag
James Bain
James Bain (1934 – ) Canadian anesthesiologist. Inventor of the Bain breathing circuit; a significant advance in anaesthesia and a modification of the Mapleson D circuit.
Uncertainty at the centre of sepsis
Sepsis is a common and deadly condition, but diagnosis in not always knowable in real-time with Hallie Prescott.
James Sherren
James Sherren (1872-1945) British General surgeon. Eponym: Sherren's triangle - area of hyperaesthesia associated with appendicitis
Eponymous foot injuries
Eponymythology associated with signs, symptoms, investigation and management of foot injuries. Review of related eponyms; the person behind the name; their relevance today; and modern terminology
Entrepreneurs in Medicine
Guest post by Dr Chris Peyton, co-founder of Ediofy, discussing his approach to risk at the both ends of the patient/tech spectrum.
Nikolay Volkovich
Nikolay Markianovich Volkovich (Николай Маркианович Волкович) (1858-1928). Eponymously linked with Volkovich-kocher sign