West syndrome
West Syndrome (Infantile Spasms) - Triad of infantile spasms, developmental delay and hypsarrhythmia on EEG. First described by William James West on his son in 1841
Category Medical Specialty
Augusto Pellegrini
Augusto Pellegrini (1877-1958) Italian Surgeon. Pioneer in the field of prosthetic limbs. Epomyously affiliated with Pellegrini-Stieda disease
Denis Burkitt
Denis Parsons Burkitt (1911 - 1993) was an Irish surgeon. Burkitt lymphoma (1958)
Second-degree Atrioventricular block
Eponymythology of Second-degree Atrioventricular (AV) block including Luciani, Galabin, Wenckebach, Hay and Mobitz
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.