Herbert M. Greene
Herbert Merton Greene (1878-1962), American physician who linked post-lumbar puncture headache to dural trauma and designed the Greene needle
Category Medical Specialty
Arthur Läwen
Arthur Georg Läwen (1876–1958), German surgeon. Anaesthesia pioneer sacral/extradural anaesthesia, paravertebral block, novocaine, curare and artificial ventilation.
MacDonald Critchley
Macdonald Critchley (1900–1997): Pioneering neurologist of higher brain function; author of The Parietal Lobes; leader, teacher, and medical humanist.
Charles E. Flowers Jr
Charles Ely Flowers Jr (1920-1999). American obstetrician-gynaecologist linked to continuous peridural anaesthesia and the Tuohy–Flowers epidural needle
History of Neuraxial Anaesthesia
History of neuraxial anaesthesia: milestones in spinal and epidural blockade from Koller and Corning to Quincke, Bier, Tuohy and Curbelo.
George Phalen
George Phalen (1911–1998), American hand surgeon known for the Phalen test and his defining work on carpal tunnel syndrome.
Paul Hoffmann
Paul Hoffmann (1884-1962), German neurophysiologist. Hoffmann-Tinel sign to assess nerve regeneration and Hoffmann reflex
Jules Tinel
Jules Tinel (1879–1952), French neurologist remembered for Tinel sign, nerve regeneration research and early work on phaeochromocytoma.
William Bainbridge
William Seaman Bainbridge (1870-1947), American surgeon, cancer educator, naval physician and early advocate of spinal analgesia in children.
John Durkan
John A. Durkan, American orthopaedic surgeon linked with the Durkan test and CTS gauge for diagnosing carpal tunnel syndrome.
CT Case 103
A 35 year old male presents with recurrent episodes of spontaneous bleeding from his right ear. What does the CT angiogram show?
Harry Finkelstein
Harry Finkelstein (1883 – 1975) was an American Surgeon. Eponym - Finkelstein's Test (Modified Eichhoff test) to confirm De Quervain’s tenosynovitis