Morell Mackenzie
Sir Morell Mackenzie (1837–1892), pioneer of laryngology, founder of the Throat Hospital, author of the ‘laryngologist’s Bible’, and royal physician
Category ENT
Tuning Fork Tests (Weber and Rinne)
The Weber and Rinne tuning fork tests differentiate conductive from sensorineural hearing loss using the principles of bone and air conduction.
Sidney Yankauer
Sidney Yankauer (1872–1932), American ENT surgeon and inventor of the Yankauer suction catheter, pioneer in bronchoscopy and surgical airway care
Rendu-Osler-Weber disease
Rendu-Osler-Weber disease (aka Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT)) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterised by epistaxis, cutaneous telangiectasia, and visceral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs).
Adolf Rinne
Heinrich Adolf Rinne (1819-1868) was a German otologist best remembered for the eponymous Rinne test — a fundamental clinical tool in the assessment of hearing loss.
Margaret Dix
Margaret Dix (1911–1991), British neuro-otologist who co-developed the Dix–Hallpike test, reshaped diagnosis of vertigo and advanced vestibular science
Charles Hallpike
Charles S. Hallpike (1900–1979), British neuro-otologist, co-devised the Dix–Hallpike manoeuvre, clarified Menière’s disease pathology, and pioneered vestibular physiology.
Ernst Weber
Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795-1878) was a was a German anatomist and physiologist. Weber law and Weber test for hearing assessment
Charles Ballance
Sir Charles Ballance (1856–1936), pioneer of neurosurgery and otology, first performed facial nerve crossover anastomosis in 1895—an enduring milestone.
Paul Frenckner
Frans Johan Paul Frenckner (1896-1967) was a Swedish otolaryngologist. Inventor of the Spiropulsator and double lumen bronchoscope
Joseph Guichard Duverney
Joseph Guichard Duverney (1648-1730) French Anatomist and otologist. Eponym: Duverney fracture of the pelvis. Described cholesteotoma and osteoporosis
Wilhelm von Waldeyer-Hartz
Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried Waldeyer-Hartz (1836 – 1921) was a German anatomist. Recognised as one of the forefathers of Anatomical science, Waldeyer's fascia and Waldeyer's ring are 2 of his more well known eponyms