James Mackenzie
Sir James Mackenzie (1853–1925), Scottish GP and pioneer cardiologist, invented the ink polygraph and defined arrhythmias, angina, and atrial fibrillation
LITFL
Yvonne Barr
Yvonne Margaret (née Barr) Balding (1932 - 2016) was an Irish virologist. Co-discoverer of Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) (1964)
Henri Huchard
Henri Huchard (1844–1910), French cardiologist at Necker, defined “cardio-arterial” disease, described Huchard’s sign, and helped shape early hypertension care.
Alexander Tietze
Alexander Tietze (1864–1927), German surgeon who described Tietze syndrome. Expert in emergency surgery and civic leader in Breslau during WWI.
Will Pickles
W.N. Pickles (1885–1969), rural GP and epidemiologist, defined Bornholm disease in Britain and shaped modern public health through detailed field observation.
Texidor’s Twinge
Texidor’s Twinge (Precordial Catch Syndrome): benign, sharp chest pain in youth, first described in 1892, clarified by Miller, Texidor, and Asher in the 1950s.
Tietze syndrome
Tietze syndrome: benign swelling of upper costochondral cartilage, causing localized chest pain. Often confused with costochondritis; self-limiting.
William H. Park
William H. Park (1863–1939), NYC bacteriologist who advanced diphtheria antitoxin, milk safety, and defined ethical dilemmas in the case of Typhoid Mary.
Ejner Sylvest
Ejner Oluf Sørensen Sylvest (1880-1972) Danish physician named and defined Bornholm disease, framing epidemic pleurodynia decades before its viral cause was confirmed.
Bornholm disease
Acute, transient viral myositis involving intercostal and abdominal muscles associated with Coxsackievirus B. Eponym: Ejner Sylvest (1930)
Name that murmur
Eponymythology: heart murmur eponyms and named cardiac murmurs. Related eponyms, the person behind their origin, their relevance today, and modern terminology.
Defining Flow
Defining Flow: A Journey Through History and Science. The idea has been simmering for centuries, crossing disciplines, philosophies, and eras.