Robert Graves
Robert James Graves (1796–1853): Irish physician, pioneer of bedside teaching, described Graves’ disease, reformed fever care, and influenced modern clinical medicine.
Category Endocrinology
Caleb Hillier Parry
Caleb Hillier Parry 1755–1822 English physician described Hemifacial atrophy; angina pectoris; Hirschprung disease; Graves disease in 1825
Charles Brown-Sequard
Charles Edouard Brown-Séquard (1817- 1894) was a French physician and physiologist. Brown-Séquard Syndrome (1850); Brown-Séquard Elixir; hormone therapy
Karl Adolph von Basedow
Karl Adolph von Basedow (1799 – 1854) was a German general practitioner, surgeon and obstetrician. Described Basedow (Graves) disease 1840
Thyroid function tests in pregnancy
Medmastery: Thyroid Disease Masterclass. Gestational thyrotoxicosis, TSH, and the factors that lead to abnormal thyroid function tests.
Amiodarone and thyroid function
Medmastery: Thyroid Disease Masterclass. The effect of amiodarone on thyroid function
Thionamides in thyroid disease
Medmastery: Review of the appropriate use of thionamides today, as we continue our journey through the Thyroid Disease Masterclass.
Thyroid: Hypothyroidism
Medmastery: Thyroid Disease Masterclass course, explores the differences between primary and secondary hypothyroidism
Thyroid: Autonomous nodules
Medmastery: Thyroid Disease Masterclass course, pathophysiology of toxic thyroid nodules and how to diagnose them
Thyroid: TSH assays
Medmastery: Thyroid Disease Masterclass course, mastering thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) physiology and levels
Thyroid physiology
Medmastery: Thyroid Disease Masterclass course, with a video explaining the difference between T3 and T4 and where iodine fits in.
Dorothy H. Andersen
Dorothy Hansine Andersen (1901 - 1963) was an American pediatrician and pathologist. Andersen disease (1956); Cystic fibrosis (1938)