J. Englebert Dunphy
John Englebert Dunphy (1908-1981). Dunphy sign [*cough test for appendicitis] increased pain, localised to the right lower quadrant.
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Emil Perman
Emil Samuel Perman (1856 - 1946) was a Swedish general surgeon. Eponymsously associated with the Perman-Rovsing sign
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.
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
Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov
Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov (Никола́й Ива́нович Пирого́в)(1810 - 1881) Russian surgeon, anesthetist and anatomist. 1854 Pirogov amputation
Dmitry Arapov
Dmitry Alekseyevich Arapov (Дмитрий Алексеевич Арапов) (1897 – 1984) was a Russian military surgeon. Arapov contracture in appendicitis
Markle Sign
George Bushar Markle IV (1921 – 1999) was an American surgeon. Eponymously linked to the Markle Sign in appendicitis (1985)