Category Neurology

Guido Werdnig

Guido Werdnig (1844 - 1919) was an Austrian neurologist. Werdnig–Hoffmann syndrome (1891) [Hereditary motor neuropathy type 1]

Claude Bernard

Biography Born 12 July 1813 in Saint-Julien, France 1843 – MD with Thèse: Du suc gastrique et de son rôle dans la nutrition Died 10 February 1878 in Paris, France Medical Eponyms Key Medical Attributions Major Publications Bernard C. Du…

William Gowers

Sir William Richard Gowers (1845 - 1915) was an English neurologist. Gowers sign (1879)

Franz Gall

Biography Born 9 March 1758 in Tiefenbronn, Baden 1785 – MD, University of Vienna 1794 – Nominated as personal physician of Emperor Franz II – but declined 1802 – Gall’s views on cranioscopy defining human nature were condemned by the Austrian…

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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