Paul Frenckner
Frans Johan Paul Frenckner (1896-1967) was a Swedish otolaryngologist. Inventor of the Spiropulsator and double lumen bronchoscope
Category ENT
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
Friedrich Arnold
Friedrich Arnold (1803 – 1890) was a German professor emeritus of anatomy and physiology
Grisel Syndrome
Spontaneous, nontraumatic rotatory subluxation of the atlantoaxial joint following peripharyngeal inflammation or ENT surgical procedures
Pierre Grisel
Pierre Adolph Grisel (1869 – 1959) was a French paediatric ENT surgeon. Described Grisel syndrome (nontraumatic rotatory subluxation of the atlantoaxial joint) in 1930
Wilhelm Frederick von Ludwig
Wilhelm Frederick von Ludwig (1790 – 1865) was a German surgeon and obstetrician. Wilhelm Frederick von Ludwig (1790 – 1865) was a German surgeon and obstetrician. Best known for his 1836 publication on the condition now known as Ludwig angina
Menière’s disease
Menière’s disease is a condition characterized by the triad of episodic vertigo, tinnitus, and hearing loss, caused by endolymphatic hydrops of the labyrinthine system of the inner ear.
Róbert Bárány
Róbert Bárány (1876 - 1936) was an Austro-Hungarian otologist. Nobel prize in for his "work on the physiology and pathology of the vestibular apparatus."
Ludwig angina
Ludwig angina: rapidly progressive gangrenous bilateral cellulitis of the submandibular space with risk of life-threatening airway compromise. 1836 - Wilhem Frederick von Ludwig was the first to clearly describe this disorder and differentiate it from other types of 'inflammation' in the neck.
Prosper Menière
Prosper Menière (1799 - 1862) was a French otorhinolaryngologist. Maladie de Menière, Menière's disease (1861)
André Lemierre
André-Alfred Lemierre (1875 – 1956) was a French bacteriologist. Best known for his 1836 publication on the condition now known as Lemierre syndrome