Description Rare autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder associated with iron accumulation in the brain nuclei and characterized by progressive extrapyramidal dysfunction and dementia. by dystonia, parkinsonism, and iron accumulation in the brain History Associated Persons Julius Hallervorden (1882–1965) Hugo Spatz (1888…
Katherine Olga Berg Canadian physical therapist. Berg Balance Scale (1989)
Gustave Roussy (1874 - 1948) was a Swiss-French neuropathologist.
Jean-Jacques Lhermitte (1877 - 1959) was a French neurologist and neuropsychiatrist.
Dorothea Wilhelmine (née Barthel) Beauchamp (1911 - 2003) was an American physical therapist. Barthel index of functional independence (1965)
Thomas Sydenham (1624 - 1689) was an English physician.
Biography Born Died Medical Eponyms Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Controversies References Oven V. Piorry. Biographies des célébrités médicales, . 1867 Sakula A. Pierre Adolphe Piorry (1794-1879): pioneer of percussion and pleximetry. Thorax. 1979; 34(5): 575-581.
Physical examination finding seen in patients with proximal weakness of the extensor muscles of the thighs and is most often associated with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Biography Medical Eponyms Cranial nerves: introduced the terms nervus olfactorius and nervus vagus. Major Publications Published as Jesper Bertelsen, Casparus Bartholinus, Bartholinus Malmogiensis, Gaspard Bartholinus The Bartholin family Caspar Bartholin (the elder); two of his sons (Thomas and Rasmus); and…
Guido Werdnig (1844 - 1919) was an Austrian neurologist. Werdnig–Hoffmann syndrome (1891) [Hereditary motor neuropathy type 1]
Biography Key Medical Contributions Whilst practising as a physician in Vienna, Gall developed the ideas that led to his ‘doctrine of localization’ as a combination of psychology and functional anatomy. Gall was a gifted anatomist, however his functional anatomy was…
A 50 year-old woman sees the world spin round when she hangs up her washing. Can you make the diagnosis and effect a cure?