Second-degree Atrioventricular block
Eponymythology of Second-degree Atrioventricular (AV) block including Luciani, Galabin, Wenckebach, Hay and Mobitz
Category Medical Specialty
Adam Politzer
Ádám Politzer (1835 - 1920) was a Hungarian Otolaryngologist. one of the principal founders of otology, was the first Professor of Otology in Vienna
Ismar Isidor Boas
Ismar Isidor Boas (1858 - 1938) was a German gastroenterologist. Boas sign and Boas point (1894) Boas algesimeter (1891)
William Gissane
William Gissane (1898-1981) was an Australian born, British surgeon. Birmingham Accident Hospital first director; critical angle of Gissane
Dunphy sign
Dunphy sign [* cough test; coughing test ] increased abdominal pain, localised to the right lower quadrant, with coughing. Attributed to John Englebert Dunphy (1908-1981)
Sophie Spitz
Sophie Spitz (1910 - 1956) was an American pathologist. Spitz nevus (1948)
Otto Ullrich
Otto Ullrich (1894 - 1957) was a German pediatrician. Eponymously remembered for his description of Ullrich-Turner syndrome (1930)
Sunao Tawara
Sunao Tawara 田原 淳, (1873 - 1952) was a Japanese pathologist. Aschoff-Tawara node (1906)
Pierre-Joseph Desault
Pierre-Joseph Desault (1738 - 1795) was a French surgeon and anatomist.
Hugo Spatz
Biography Medical Eponyms Major Publications References Biography
Hallervorden-Spatz Disease
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…
Barbara Ansell
Barbara Mary Ansell (1923 - 2001) was an English paediatric rheumatologist. Ansell-Bywaters-Elderking syndrome (1975)