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Category Neurology

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
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Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome

Description What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification… History 1849 – Swedish physician Magnus Huss published a series of case descriptions under the title Alcoholismus chronicus. Huss tried to show that various types of symptoms could be distinguished: neural symptoms, in particular sensory-motor…

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Meige’s syndrome

Description What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification… History Associated Persons Henry Meige (1866 – 1940) Alternative names Brueghel’s syndrome Blepharospasm-oromandibular dystonia syndrome Controversies Did they first describe or popularise or plagiarise? References Altrocci PH. Spontaneous oral-facial dyskinesia. Archives of…