James V. Ricci
Biography Medical Eponyms Major Publications References
Category LITFL
Ballistically Potent Vertigo
A 50 year-old woman sees the world spin round when she hangs up her washing. Can you make the diagnosis and effect a cure?
William Rivers
William Halse Rivers Rivers (1864-1922) was an English psychiatrist, neurologist, anthropologist and anthropologist.
Rebecca C. Lancefield
Rebecca Craighill Lancefield (1895-1981) was an American bacteriologist. Eponym: Lancefield groups - serological classification of beta haemolytic streptococci
Carolyn C. Huntley
Carolyn Coker Huntley (1924 - 1984) was an American pediatrician. Wiskott-Aldrich-Huntley Syndrome (1957)
Rita G. Harper
Rita Gilman Harper (1934 - ) American pediatrician. Harper syndrome (1967) synonym for Seckel syndrome or microcephalic primordial dwarfism
Edgard Hirtz
Edgard Hirtz (1849 - 1916) was German born, French trained physician. Hirtz Sign (1911) ore knee-chest position in pericardial effusion
Teaching Practical Skills with SETT UP
Teaching practical procedures on the shop floor, the five stage approach to SETT UP for success
Greta Beighton
Greta Janet Beighton (1939 – 2017) was an English nurse and genetic researcher. Beighton score; Person behind the syndrome
Ebstein anomoly
Description What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification… History Associated Persons Wilhelm Ebstein (1836 – 1912) Alternative names Name Name Controversies Did they first describe or popularise or plagiarise? References Ebstein W. Über einen sehr seltenen Fall von Insufficienz der Valvula…
George Budd
George Budd (1808 – 1882) was an English physician. Extensive reviews and publications pertaining to gastroenterology and hepatology. His principal works were Diseases of the Liver (1845), and Diseases of the Stomach (1855)
Hans Chiari
Hans Chiari (1851 – 1916) was an Austrian pathologist. Eponymously affiliated with the Chiari malformation; Type II Chiari malformation (Arnold–Chiari malformation) and Budd–Chiari syndrome