Charles Heber McBurney (1845 – 1913) was an American surgeon. Most famous for McBurney’s point (1889) and McBurney’s incision (1894) Medical Eponym.
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Gabriele Falloppio
Gabriele Falloppio (1523 – 1562) was an Italian physician and anatomist. Father of the condom to protect against STD’s (specifically syphilis) Fallopian tube
Sigbert Ganser
Sigbert Josef Maria Ganser (1853 – 1931) was a German psychiatrist. ‘Ganser syndrome’ an hysterical disorder he first described in 1898
Percivall Pott
Percivall Pott (1714 – 1788) was a British surgeon. Extensive work with hernia repair, hydrocoele repair, vertebral TB and his own Pott fracture
Capgras syndrome
Capgras syndrome: uncommon syndrome in which a patient has a delusional belief that a person, usually a family member or friend, has been replaced by an imposter.
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