Jacob Churg
Jacob Churg (1910–2005) was a Belarussian/Polish born American practicing pathologist. Eponymous affiliation with Churg-Strauss Syndrome (CSS) in 1951. Now known as Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA)
Category Medical Specialty
Edwin Sterling Munson
Edwin Sterling Munson (1870-1958) was an American ophthalmologist.Munson sign, a V-shaped indentation of the lower eyelid when the gaze is directed downwards, an indication that is characteristic of advanced keratoconus.
Heinrich von Bamberger
Heinrich von Bamberger (1822 - 1888) was an Austrian physician. Bamberger sign in pericardial effusion (1856); Bamberger-Concato disease
William West
William James West (1794-1848) described West Syndrome (Infantile Spasms) - Triad of infantile spasms, developmental delay and hypsarrhythmia
Super Docs
As a typical kiwi bloke, I’m a dyed-in-the-wool rugby fanatic (pardon the sheep reference). So when opportunities with two Super Rugby franchises arose for me in the past year, I picked the ball up and sprinted for the posts. As…
Charles Miller Fisher
Charles Miller Fisher (1913 - 2012) was a Canadian neurologist. Miller Fisher syndrome (1956) an acquired nerve disease variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Johann Lukas Schönlein
Johann Lukas Schönlein (1793 – 1864) was a German physician. Eponymously affiliated with Henoch-Schönlein Purpura
Moritz Heinrich Romberg
Moritz Heinrich Romberg (1795-1873) was a German neurologist. Eponym: Romberg Test, Parry-Romberg syndrome and Howship–Romberg sign
The STEM Programme
The STEM Programme – Simulation Training in Emergency Medicine – has come to an end after 4 years on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Here is the story of child actors, fake blood, clingfilm, fire engines, Laerdal skin and imagination gone wild.…
André Strohl
André Strohl (1887 -1977) was a French physician and physicist. Guillain-Barré-Strohl syndrome described in 1916
James Parkinson
James Parkinson (1755-1824) was an English surgeon, apothecary, palaeontologist, geologist and political activist. Parkinson's disease (1817)
Kerley lines
Peter James Kerley first described horizontal lines that he postulated to be peri-vascular lymphatics in patients with mitral stenosis and left ventricular failure