Early diastolic murmur of aortic insufficiency radiating with axillary radiation. (1908) Cole and Cecil examined 17 patients with provisonal diagnosis of aortic insufficiency and mapped the site of maximal intensity and axillary radiation of the early diastolic murmur.Early diastolic murmur of aortic insufficiency radiating with axillary radiation.
Rufus Ivory Cole (1872 - 1966) was an American physician, and the first director of the Rockefellar Institute for Medical Research. Cole-Cecil Murmur
Paul Hoffmann (1884-1962) was a German physiologist and physician. Known for describing Hoffmann-Tinel sign for assessment of nerve regeneration and success of nerve sutures.
Hoffmann-Tinel sign is paresthesia in the distal cutaneous distribution of an injured peripheral nerve evoked by tapping on the nerve more proximally.
Jules Tinel (1879 – 1952) was a French neurologist. Eponymously affiliated with Tinel's sign in the diagnsois of carpal tunnel syndrome
The Phalen test is performed by asking the patient to place both elbows on a table while keeping both forearms vertical and flexing both wrists at 90 degrees for 60 seconds. A positive test is defined as the occurrence of pain or paresthesias in at least one finger innervated by the median nerve.
George S. Phalen (1911 – 1998) was an American Orthopedic Surgeon. Phalen defined our understanding of carpal tunnel syndrome aetiology, assessment and management
Allen Oldfather Whipple (1881-1963) American surgeon. Eponym: Whipple procedure (1936) pancreaticoduodenectomy and Whipple triad (1938)
Elena B. Sgarbossa is a cardiologist, medical writer and translator. Eponymously affiliated with Sgarbossa criteria with LBBB in AMI
Alix Joffroy (1844 - 1908) was a French neurologist and psychiatrist. Eponymously affiliated with Joffroy sign in Graves ophthalmopathy
Joffroy sign (1893): absent wrinkling of the forehead when a patient in patients Graves Ophthalmopathy looks up with the head bent forwards.
David Abramson Rytland (1909 - 1991) was an American physician and cardiologist. Rytand murmur (1946), Rytand's law (1951)