Category Medical Specialty
Wilhelm Lutz (1888-1958) 680

Wilhelm Lutz

Wilhelm Lutz (1888-1958) was a Swiss dermatologist. Eponyms Lewandowsky-Lutz dysplasia, Lutz-Miescher syndrome, Lutz sign

Murphy’s sign 340

Murphy’s sign

Murphy’s sign is elicited in patients with acute cholecystitis by asking the patient to take in and hold a deep breath while palpating the right subcostal area. John Benjamin Murphy (1903)