Category Medical Specialty
Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (1821 – 1894)

Hermann von Helmholtz

Biographical Timeline Medical Eponyms Young–Helmholtz Trichromatic Theory of Colour Vision Helmholtz expanded on the earlier hypothesis of Thomas Young (1773–1829), who proposed that human colour vision relied on three types of retinal receptors. In the mid-1850s, Helmholtz refined this into…

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Kinnier Wilson

Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (1878 – 1937) was an American-born British neurologist. Following his extensive work on hepatolenticular degeneration this condition is eponymously termed Wilson disease

Lazar K. Lazarević (Лазаp К. Лазаревић) (1851 – 1891) 1200

Laza Lazarević

Lazar K. Lazarević (Лазаp К. Лазаревић) (1851 - 1891) was a Serbian psychiatrist, neurologist and writer

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Roy Glenwood Spurling

Col. Roy Glenwood Spurling (1894 – 1968) was an American neurosurgeon. Eponymously affiliated with Spurling manoeuvre or Spurling Test described in 1944 as a provocative test of the cervical spine in cervical radiculopathy

Frederick Roeck Thompson

Frederick Roeck Thompson (1907–1983) was an American orthopedic surgeon. Developed a cemented vitallium prosthesis with a distinctive flared collar independent of Austin Moore.

Marius Nygaard Smith-Petersen (1886 – 1953) 340

Marius Nygaard Smith-Petersen

Marius Nygaard Smith-Petersen (1886 – 1953) was a Norwegian born, American Orthopaedic surgeon. Smith-Petersen Vitallium mould arthroplasty (1948)

Robert Symon Garden (1910 - 1982) 340

Robert Garden

Robert Symon Garden (1910 - 1982) was a Scottish Orthopaedic surgeon. Garden classification of intracapsular femoral neck fractures

Martin Kirschner (1879 – 1942) 340

Martin Kirschner

Martin Kirschner (1879-1942) was a German surgeon. Significant contribution to general surgery; orthopaedic surgery; traumatology; anaesthesiology and pain therapy

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Auenbrugger Bone Sign

Auenbrugger Bone sign (more commonly known as Heuter sign) may be used to define the presence of upper limb fracture or dislocation via osteophony.

Douglas Moray Cooper Lamb Argyll Robertson (1837–1909) 340

Douglas Argyll Robertson

Douglas Moray Cooper Lamb Argyll Robertson (1837–1909) was a Scottish surgeon and ophthalmologist. Eponym: Argyll Robertson pupils

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Galeazzi Test

The Galeazzi test, sometimes called Allis sign or Skyline test, is used to assess for hip dislocation, specifically testing for developmental dysplasia of the hip.

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ABC of CXR Interpretation

Additional reading from Normal CXRs; Eric Strong Interpretation series; the DRABCDE approach; CXR for the OSCE and of course the Top 150 CXR to try your luck!