Category Medical Specialty

Francis Sibson

Biography Born 21 May 1814 in Cross Canonby, England Died 7 September 1876 Medical Eponyms Key Medical Attributions Major Publications Sibson F. On the changes induced in the situation and structure of the internal organs, under varying circumstances of health…

François Dessertenne

Biography Born in 1917 1948 – Assistant Professor of Medicine, Hôpital Lariboisière, France. Assistant to Prof Yves Bouvrain (1910-2002) Died in 2006 Medical Eponyms Torsades de pointes (1966) 1965 – Dessertenne et al demonstrated that the progressive variations of amplitude…

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)

Thomas N. James

Biography Born Died Medical Eponyms Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Controversies References Biography Eponymous terms

Polymyalgia Rheumatica

Description What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification… History 1888 – Senile rheumatic gout – William Bruce (1835 – 1920) – Senile rheumatic gout 1936 – Secondary fibrositis 1945 – Peri-extraarticular rheumatism – Holst and Johansen 1945 – Periarthrosis humeroscapularis…

SMACC 2019 red clinical critical care 340

Optimise don’t compromise

Review of the optimal intravenous fluid for different clinical scenarios. Discussion of the evidence and pros and cons of different intravenous fluids.

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…