Eponymythology • LITFL • Medical Eponym Library

The myths behind the history – eponymythology

ORTHOPEDICS and TRAUMA

Foot eponyms – Böhler, Chopart, Freiberg, Gissane, Jones, Köhler, Lisfranc, Morton, Pirogov, Syme
Ankle and Talus eponyms – Bosworth, Cotton, Danis, Weber, Gosselin, Lauge-Hansen, Maisonneuve, Pott, Tillaux, Chaput, Wagstaffe, Le Fort, Cedell, Hawkins, Shepherd
Knee eponyms – Bonnet, Köhler, Milch, Pellegrini, Segond, Stieda,
Eponymous fractures, dislocations and classifications – the full list

CARDIOLOGY

Eponymous cardiac murmurs: Austin Flint, Cabot-Locke, Carey Coombs, Cole-Cecil, Dock, Gibson, Key-Hodgkin, Graham Steele, Roger, Rytand, Rivero-Carvallo, and Still.
History of the Electrocardiogram (EKG/ECG)
Second-degree Atrioventricular block: Luciani, Galabin, Wenckebach, Hay and Mobitz
History of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
Eponyms of aortic regurgitation and insufficiency: Corrigan, Watson, Duroziez, Austin Flint, Lincoln, Traube, Quincke, Becker, de Musset, Gerhardt, Salier, Bozzolo, Müller, Drummond, Landolfi, Hill, Blumgart, Ernstene, Cole, Cecil, Shelley, Sherman, Ashrafian
History of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter: Forssman, Cournand, Richards, Swan, Ganz
Eponyms of infective endocarditis

ENDOCRINOLOGY

Diffuse Toxic Goitre: – Graves disease, Basedow disease and Parry disease
Graves orbitopathy (GO): Thyroid Eye Disease, thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy
Graves Ophthalmopathy – Graves, Werner

GENERAL SURGERY

Atraumatic abdominal ecchymosis – Cullen, Grey Turner, Fox, Stabler, Bryant
Appendicitis clinical signs – Alvarado, Arapov, Aaron, Arapov, Bassler, Blumberg, Cope, Dunphy, Markle, Massouh, McBurney, Perman, Rovsing, Sherren, Sitkovskiy, Volkovich

RESPIRATORY

CXR eponyms in pulmonary embolism – Chang, Fleischner, Hampton, Palla, Westermark

EPONYMIC HISTORY

The apostrophe
Non-medical and alternatively named medical eponyms
Stigler law of eponymy

Medical Eponym Library

The Eponymictionary records historical signs, syndromes, conditions, procedures and classifications eponymously named. We review 3000 *common eponyms, the person behind their origin, history, accuracy, relevance today

Eponymictionary is a searchable database of >1000 eponymous terms in medicine
De-eponymification of 700 anatomical, histological and embryological eponyms
Eponym database of Women Pioneers in medicine and healthcare
Buttner R, Lee J. De-eponymising anatomical terminology. 2020
Stuart-Smith J, Scott K, Johnston M. Where are all the Women? LITFL 2020

Name	Birth	Death	Nationality	Specialty	Eponym	Keywords
HEIDBRINK, Jay Albion	1875	1957	USA, America, American	dentist	Heidbank Kinet-O-Meter, Heidbank valve, Heidbank wrench, Heidbrink Model 75-B Oxygen Tent, Heidbank Anesthetiser Model A to T,	Equipment, ventilator, flowmeter, valve, mask, gas mask, celluloid mask, wrench, dental surgeon
CONNELL, Karl	1878	1941	USA, America, American	anesthetist, anaesthetist, anesthesiologist, anaesthesiologist	Connell airway, Anæsthetometer, Connell Gas Mask, Connell Flowmeter, Connell Model	WWI, ventilator, gas mask, respirator, flowmeter, OPA, oropharyngeal, military
BRAGG, William Henry	1862	1942	England, English, UK, British	Physicist, maths, mathematician, chemist	Bragg's Law, Bragg Spectrometer and Bragg-Paul Pulsator	Lacrosse, pulsator, mechanical ventilation,
HEWITT, Frederick William	1857	1916	England, English, UK, British	anesthetist, anaesthetist, anesthesiologist, anaesthesiologist	Hewitt airway (1908)
BANG, Claus	1924	1970	Danish, Denmark, Dansk	Physician	Bang respirator (1953)	Denmark, polio epidemic,
FRENCKNER, Paul	1896	1967	Sweden, Swedish, svenska	ENT, otolaryngoplogist	Spiropulsator, double lumen bronchoscope	ventilator, bronchoscope,
GROVER, Ralph	1920	2008	USA, America, American	Dermatologist	Grover disease (1970)	transient acantholytic dermatosis
ZAHORSKY, John Jr	1871	1963	Slovakia, Austro-Hungarian	pediatrician, pediatrics, neonatology, paediatrician	sixth disease (1910)	numbered skin diseases, skin rashes, rashes of childhood, kids rashes, sixth disease
SWEET, Robert Douglas	1917	2001	England, English, UK, British	Dermatologist	Sweet syndrome (1964)	Acute Febrile Neutrophilic Dermatosis
GOLDEN, Ross	1889	1975	USA, America, American	Radiologist	Golden S Sign (1925)	Ross Golden, S-sign, S shape, lung malignancy, hilar mass, lung cancer, horizontal fissure, CXT, CT chest, thorax,
THOMAS, Antony Michael	1913	1971	England, English, UK, British	pathologist	Thomas sign (1955)	ampulla of vater, silver stool
JAMES, Norman Reynolds	1908	1987	Australian, Ozzie, Aussie	anaesthetist	James ventilator (1950); James Autohand ventilator (1964)	ventilator, hand bagging, anaesthetic, anesthetic
BISHOP, Edward Harry	1913	1995	USA, America, American, United States	obstetrics, gynaecology	Bishop Score (1964); Uterine Tocolysis (1961); Doppler Ultrasound (1966)	labour, delivery, cervical dilatation, examination, score, gynecology
LØVSET, Jørgen	1896	1981	Norway, Norge, Norwegian	Obstetrician, gynaecologist	Løvset’s Manoeuvre (1937); Løvset’s Umbilical Clip (1932); Løvset’s Cervical Dilators (1933)	breech, delivery, feto-pelvic,
ROBERTS, Mona Dew	1878	1939	Wales, Welsh, Cymru	anesthetist, anaesthetist, anesthesiologist, anaesthesiologist	Mona Roberts Airway (1916)	oropharyngeal airway, OPA, airway, obstetrics, ether
COSSART, Yvonne	1934	2014	Australian, Australia, Aussie, Ozzie	virologist	Parvovirus B19 (1975)	hepatitis, fifth disease, erythema infectiosum, hepatitis B, HBV, HPV, B19
HOLTER, Norman Jeffris	1914	1983	USA, America, American	Physicist, Chemist, Biophysicist	Holter monitor (1947)	ECG, RECG, Holter monitor, ambulatory monitoring, Montana, Helena, explosive artist, nuclear medicine
MONDOR, Henri	1885	1962	France, French, français	surgery, biography, surgeon, history, historian	Mondor disease (1939); Penile Mondor disease (1958)	thrombophlebitis, breast, penis
TROUSSEAU, Armand	1801	1867	France, French, français	Physician	Trousseau sign, Trousseau syndrome, Trousseau spots	Hypocalcaemia, visceral cancer, died of disease
KROGH, August	1874	1949	Danish, Denmark, Dansk	Physiologist	Krogh respirator, Krogh microtonometer, Krogh spirometer, Krogh principle, Krogh-Erlang equation, Bohr effect	physiology, capillary, spirometry, gas exchange, circulation, ventilator
BERTRAND, Charles Alexandre Hippolyte Amable	1777	1849	France, French, français	physician, toxicologist	Charcoal as an antidote	charbon, arsenic, mercury, poisoning, antidote
BEAVER, Robert Atwood	1906	1975	England, English, UK, British	anaesthetist	Beaver respirator (1953), Beaver laryngoscope (1955)	painter, polio, angled intubation, box intubation
BOTH, Edward Thomas	1908	1987	Australian, Ozzie, Aussie	engineer, inventor	Both respirator, Both electrocardiograph, Both incubator	Insulcot, ventilation, polio, humid crib, electric vehicle, fax machine, visitel, adelaide, Australia
PUGH, William Russ	1806	1897	England, English, UK, British	surgeon, anaesthetist	Pugh's inhaler (1847)	Australia, Tasmania, Launceston, ether, anesthesia, inhalation anaesthetic
GER, Ralph	1912	2012	South African, South Africa, USA, America, American, United States	Surgeon	Ger's sign (1962)	scrotal dimple, testicular torsion, anatomist apartheid,
REYNOLDS, Ernest Septimus	1861	1926	England, English, UK, British	Physician	Mees lines (1901)	arsenic, nails, Mees, beau, beer, peripheral neuritis, manchester
RUBEN, Henning Moritz	1914	2004	Danish, Denmark, Dansk	Anesthesiologist	Ruben valve, AMBU bag, Ambu mannikin, Head-tilt method, syringe driver	Equipment, resuscitation, head tile, mouth to mouth, syringe driver, foot suction,
HOUNSFIELD, Godfrey Newbold	1919	2004	England, English, UK, British	Electrical engineer	Hounsfield unit, Hounsfield scale, Computerised Tomography	nobel prize, EMI, CT, computerised tomography
LEHANE, John Robert	1945	2018	England, English, UK, British	anesthetist, anaesthetist, anesthesiologist, anaesthesiologist	Cormack-Lehane score (1984)	Score, DAS Medal, Macewan medal, laryngoscopy, difficult airway, airway grades
GRISEL, Pierre	1869	1959	France, French, français	ENT, ear, nose, throat, pediatric surgeon	Grisel syndrome (1930)	ENT, tonsillitis, torticollis, atlanto-occiptal, nontraumatic, atlantoaxial joint, peripharyngeal inflammation
EVE, Frank Cecil	1871	1952	England, English, UK, British	Physician	Eve's rocking method of artificial respiration (1932)	artificial respiration, rocking, table,
PASK, Edgar Alexander	1912	1966	England, English, UK, British	anesthetist, anaesthetist, anesthesiologist, anaesthesiologist	RFD Admiralty pattern 5580 inflatable life jacket; immersion suit	artificial respiration, altitude, life-jacket, immersion suit, hypothermia, parachute
SILVESTER, Henry Robert	1828	1908	England, English, UK, British	physician	Silvester method of artificial respiration (1858); Hypodermic inflation (1883)	artificial respiration, drowning, moist dressing
BECK, Claude Schaeffer	1894	1971	USA, America, American	cardiology, cardiothoracics, surgeon	Beck triad 1, Beck triad II, Beck I operation, Beck II operation	tamponade, hypotension, distended jugular veins, muffled heart sounds, mitral stenosis, defibrillator, CPR
JANEWAY, Henry	1873	1921	USA, America, American	physician, radiation therapist,	Janeway laryngoscope, Janeway gastrostomy, Green button	Equipment, laryngoscope, radium respirator, radiation therapy, direct laryngoscopy
EMERSON, John Haven	1906	1997	USA, America, American	inventor, humanist	Emerson Lung (1931)	Equipment, iron lung, polio, scuba, hyperbaric
LUDWIG, Wilhelm Frederick von	1790	1865	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Surgeon	Ludwig angina (1836)	ent, submandibular, cellulitis, gangrene
MØRCH, Ernst Trier	1908	1996	Danish, Denmark, Dansk, USA, America, American	anesthesiologist, inventor, humanitarian	Mørch laryngoscope, Mørch Piston Respirator, Mueller-Mørch ventilator	Equipment, laryngoscope, respirator, ventilator
BIRD, Forrest	1921	2015	USA, America, American	inventor, pilot, doctor, biomechanical engineer	Bird Mark respirators, BabyBird respirator, Bird Phasitron, Bird Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation	aeroplane, planes, aviator, G-suit, anti-G, portable ventilator, mechanical ventilator, mass produced
MILLER, Albert J	1922	2020	USA, America, American	Cardiologist	Texidor Twinge (1955)	Chest Pain differential, precordial catch, atypical chest pain,
TEXIDOR, Teodoro Antonio	1913	1998	Cuba, Cuban	Cardiologist	Texidor Twinge (1955)	Chest Pain differential, precordial catch, atypical chest pain,
HUCHARD, Henri	1844	1910	France, French, français	Physician, cardiologist	Syndrôme de Huchard (1893), Huchard disease; Huchard sign;	Chest Pain differential, precordial catch, atypical chest pain,
BRANHAM, Harris Miller	1862	1936	USA, America, American	physician, family physician, GP,	Branham sign (1890)	Nicoladoni-Israel-Branham sign, AV fistula, bradycardia, hypertension, GSW, prisoner
ISRAËL, James Adolf	1848	1926	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland, Jewish	Surgeon, urology	Nicoladoni-Israel-Branham sign (1877), Actinomyces israelii (1877)	actinomycoses, fungus, bladder, urology, bradycardia, AV fistula, Jewish hospital
MATAS, Rudolph	1860	1957	USA, America, American	Surgeon, vascular	Matas endoaneurysmorrhaphy	IV drip, spinal anesthesia, medal, aortic ligation, endoaneurysmorrhaphy
FELL, George Edward	1849	1918	USA, America, American	Surgeon, engineer, inventer,innovator	Fell apparatus, Fell-O’Dwyer apparatus, Fell laryngeal tube, Fell method, electric chair	forced respiration, IPPV, facemask, electric chair, electrocution, opium, narcosis
O'DWYER, Joseph	1841	1898	USA, America, American	Physician, anesthetist, anaesthetist	O'Dwyer plain tube (1884), Fell-O’Dwyer apparatus (1895)	equipment, croup, diphtheria, anesthesia, ETT, intratracheal intubation
DOUGLAS, James	1675	1742	Scottish, Scotland	Anatomist, obstetrician, surgeon	Pouch of Douglas, line of Douglas, folds of Douglas (1730)	peritoneum, Horace, Pope, Hogarth
BOWEN, John Templeton	1857	1940	USA, America, American, United States	Dermatologist	Bowen’s disease (1912), Bowen’s disease of the vulva, Bowenoid papulosis, Bowen’s disease of the penis	dermatology, CIS, carcinoma in situ, VIN, CIN, Erythroplasia of Queyrat, HPV 16,
ALCOCK, Benjamin	1801	1860	Ireland, Irish, Gaeilge	Anatomist, anatomy	Alcock’s Canal [Pudendal canal] 1842	anatomy, pudendal canal, space, OBGYN
BAIN, James	1934		Canada, Canadian	anesthetist, anaesthetist, anesthesiologist, anaesthesiologist	Bain circuit (1972)	Equipment, ventilator, MAPLESON
DRӒGER, Johann Heinrich	1847	1917	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	inventor	Pulmotor; Roth-Drӓger apparatus	Equipment, ventilator
JACKSON REES, Gordon	1918	2001	England, English, UK, British	Anaesthetist	Jackson Rees T-piece (1950), Jackson Rees circuit (1950), Jackson Rees T-tube (1966)	Equipment, T-piece, ETT, NTT, nasotracheal, pediatric, paediatric anesthesia
MANLEY, Roger Edward Wentworth	1930	1991	England, English, UK, British	Anaesthetist	Blease-Manley ventilator; Manley Multivent Ventilator;	Penlon Manley Multivent, Equipment, ventilator
MAPLESON, William Wellesley	1926	2018	England, English, UK, British	physicist of anaesthesia	Mapleson circuits (1954), Mapleson medal	ventilator, physics, circuit, breathing circuit, DAS Medal
BEIGHTON, Peter	1934		England, English, UK, British, South Africa	medical genetics, geneticist, ortho	Beighton Score (1971)	man behind, person behind, joint laxity, hypermobility,
JEGHERS, Harold Joseph	1904	1990	USA, America, American	Physician, Internist, Internal Medicine	Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (1949)
PEUTZ, Johannes Laurentius Augustinus	1886	1957	Dutch, Holland, Netherlands, Nederlands	Physician, Internist	Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (1921)
WEIL, Adolf	1848	1916	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Physician	Weil disease (1886)
BEHCET, Hulusi	1889	1948	Turkey, Türk, Turkish	Dermatologist	Behçet Disease (1937)	Vasculitis
HUNT, William Edward	1921	1999	USA, America, American	Neurosurgeon	Hunt-Hess scale; Tolosa-Hunt syndrome	headache, Nonspecific inflammation of the cavernous sinus or superior orbital fissure, Painful ophthalmoplegia, mortality, aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage
RÖNTGEN, Wilhelm Conrad	1845	1923	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Physicist, physics	Röntgen Ray (X-Ray) [1895], Röntgen unit, Röntgenbild, Röntgengesellschaft, 6401 Röntgen (1991), Roentgenium (2004)	November 8, X-rays, xray, radiology, radiograph
ZAVANELLI, William Angelo	1926		USA, America, American, United States	obstetrics, gynaecology	Zavanelli Manoeuvre (1985)	Shoulder dystocia, birth, cephalic replacement, Gunn-Zavanelli-O’Leary
MCROBERTS Jr, William A.	1914	2006	USA, America, American, United States	obstetrics, gynaecology	McRoberts Manoeuvre (1983)	Shoulder dystocia, birth, maternal manipulation
RUBIN, Alan	1923	2011	USA, America, American, United States	obstetrics, gynaecology	Rubin Manoeuvre (1964)	Shoulder dystocia, birth, fetal manipulation,
WOODS, Charles Edwin	1888	1946	USA, America, American, United States	obstetrics, gynaecology	Woods’ Screw Manoeuvre (1943)	shoulder dystocia, physics, birth, fetal manipulation,
PARK, William Hallock	1863	1939	USA, America, American	Park-Williams bacillus (1894); Williams stain (1905); Park-Williams fixative	Park-Williams bacillus (1894); Park-Williams fixative; Typhoid Mary (1907)	diphtheria, bacillus, antitoxin
HALLPIKE, Charles Skinner	1900	1979	England, English, UK, British	Physician	Peep-Show technique for pure tone audiometry (1947); Dix-Hallpike Test (1952);	Elicitation of extreme vertigo upon lateral movement of a patient's head when lying in a supine position, BPPV
GRÖNBLAD, Ester Elizabeth	1898	1970	Sweden, Swedish, svenska	Ophthalmology	Grönblad-Strandberg syndrome (1929)	PXE, angiod streaks, Furusund, ophthalmologist, Pseudoxanthoma elasticum, Groenblad,
CALL, Emma Louise	1847	1937	Physician, anatomist	USA, America, American	Call-Exner body (1875)	granulosa cell tumours, Graafscher Follikel, Siegmund Exner, gonadoblastomas; sclerosing stromal tumours of the ovary; and in endometrioid carcinoma of the ovary
ASHBY, Winfred Mayer	1879	1975	USA, America, American	Pathologist	Ashby technique (1919)	pianist, rcc, rbc, erythrocyte, piano, life-span,
CROSTI, Agostino	1896	1988	Italian, Italy, italiano	dermatologist	Crosti syndrome (1951); Gianotti-Crosti syndrome (1955)	reticulohistiocytoma of the back, Acrodermatitis papulosa infantilis, Papular acrodermatitis of childhood, Acrodermatitis Papular,
GIANOTTI, Ferdinando	1920	1984	Italian, Italy, italiano	pediatric dermatologist	Gianotti-Crosti syndrome (1955)	Acrodermatitis papulosa infantilis, Papular acrodermatitis of childhood, Acrodermatitis Papular,
BURKITT, Denis Parsons	1911	1993	Irish, Ireland, northern Ireland, Norn Irish	Surgery, surgeon, public health	Burkitt lymphoma (1958)	EBV, Kampala, Uganda, bush surgeon, epstein
BARR, Yvonne Margaret	1932	2016	Irish, Ireland, Southern Ireland, Australian	Virologist	Epstein-Barr virus (1964)	Burkitt, HHSV-4, EBV
MENTEN, Maud Leonora	1879	1960	Canada, Canadian	Physician, biochemist, pathologist	Michaelis-Menten equation (1913); Menten-Junge-Green method (1844)	Salmonella toxin, vitamin C, sedimentation, haemoglobin, protein electrophoresis,
GAMSTORP, Ingrid	1924	2007	Sweden, Swedish, svenska	Paediatric neurologist	Gamstorp disease (1956); Gamstorp-Wohlfart Syndrome (1959)
SANTAVUORI, Pirkko	1933	2004	Finalnd, Suomi, Suomen tasavalta, Finnish	pediatric neurologist	Santavuori syndrome (1973), Muscle–Eye–Brain (MEB) disease (1977)	Santavuori-Haltia syndrome, Hagberg, infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, infantile onset spinocerebellar ataxia, IOSCA, INCL, MED, Jansky-Bielchowsky disease,
DE LANGE, Cornelia Catharina	1871	1951	Dutch, Holland, Netherlands, Nederlands	Paediatrician, pediatrics	Cornelia de Lange syndrome (1933)
SOTTAS, Jules	1866	1945	France, French, français	neurologist, general practitioner, GP, historian, astronomer	Dejerine-Sotass disease (1893)	naval history, neurology, paris, atrophy, HMNS
WILLIAMS, Cicely Delphine	1893	1992	Jamaica, Jamaican Patois,	Paediatrician, nutritionist, activist	Kwashiorkor (1933)	advocate, world health, malnutrition, nutrition, child health, breast feeding, ackee fruit, Kwashiorkor,
CORI, Gerty Theresa	1896	1957	Czech, čeština, Tschechisch, Czech Republic, Česká republika	biochemist	Cori cycle (1929); Cori ester (1936)	G1p, glucose, glycogen
DICK, Gladys Rowena	1881	1963	USA, America, American	physician, pathologist	Dick Test (1924)	scarlet fever, toxin, antitoxin, vaccine, hemolytic strep
CANADA, Wilma Jean	1926	2017	USA, America, American	Radiology, radiologist	Cronkhite-Canada syndrome (1955)	polyposis, ectodermal, diner
HOGG, Georgina Ruth	1916	2002	Canada, Canadian	Pathologist	Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome (1977)	Hornstein-Knickenberg, fibrofolliculoma
KNICKENBERG, Monika			German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Dermatology	Hornstein-Knickenberg syndrome (1975)	Birt-Hogg-Dubé, perifollicular fibromas, extracutaneous cancer, colon polyps
HORNSTEIN, Otto Paul	1926	2018	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Dermatologist	Hornstein-Knickenberg syndrome (1975)	Birt-Hogg-Dubé, perifollicular fibromas, extracutaneous cancer, colon polyps
KENT, Albert Frank Stanley	1863	1958	England, English, UK, British	Physiologist	Bundle of Kent (1893, 1913)	cardiology, anatomy, His, cardiac conduction
HIS, Wilhelm Jr	1863	1934	Swiss, Swtizerland	Anatomist, cardiologist	Bundle of His (1893), Werner-His disease (1916)	cardiology, anatomy, trench fever
MENIÈRE, Prosper	1799	1862	France, French, français	physician, ENT	Menière's disease (1861)	ENT, otology, BPPV, vestibuilar, tinnitus
BÁRÁNY, Róbert	1876	1936	Hungary, Hungarian, Magyar	ENT, otolaryngology, otologist	Bárány chair, Bárány past pointing test, Bárány caloric test	vestibular system, BPPV, nobel prize, auditory canal, POW, prisoner,
POLITZER, Adam	1835	1920	Hungary, Hungarian, Magyar	ENT, otolaryngology, otologist	Politzer manouvre (1863)	ENT, otology, BPPV, vestibuilar
EPLEY, John McNaughton	1930	2019	USA, America, American	otolaryngologist, ENT	Epley maneuver (1980)	ENT, BPPV, test, Hypotympanotomy retractor
GOODPASTURE, Ernest William	1886	1960	USA, America, American	Pathologist	Goodpasture syndrome (1919)	renal, kidney, anti-GBM
KAWASAKI, Tomisaku	1925		Japanese. Japan, 日本語	pediatrician, paediatrician	Kawasaki disease (1967)	vasculitis, coronary aneurysm, strawberry tongue, desquamation, IVIG, ASA,
MEES, Rudolf Adriaan	1873	1964	Dutch, Holland, Netherlands, Nederlands	Psychiatrist, Physician	Mees lines (1919)	arsenic, poisoning, transverse white bands, nails, clinical examination, nail sign
LINDSAY, Philip Gaylord	1937	2017	USA, America, American	Physician, psychiatrist	Lindsay's nails (1967)	azotemia, renal failure, aki,
TERRY, Richard Barratt	1914	1960	England, English, UK, British	Physician, hepatologist, liver disease	Terry's nails (1954)	liver disease, white nails, leuchoniychia, leukonychia, lunula, ground-glass
MUEHRCKE, Robert Carl	1921	2003	USA, America, American	Physician, renal, nephrologist	Muehrcke lines (1956)	hypoalbunemia, nails, nail sign, 132 infantry, transverse lines, leuchonychia, leukonychia, hypoalbunaemia
MOYNIHAN, Berkeley George Andrew	1865	1936	England, English, UK, British	Surgeon, surgery	Moynihan sign (1905); Moynihan forceps; Moynihan gutter; Moynihan hump	pancreas, gallbladder, cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, right hepatic artery, caterpillar, lancellot spratt, sir, baron, lord, Leeds,
MORISON, James Rutherford	1853	1939	England, English, UK, British	Surgeon, surgery	Morison pouch (1894), BIPP (1916)	BIPP, pouch, hepatorenal, gallbladder, gallstones,
COLLINS, Patrick Gerard	1923	1999	Ireland, Irish, Gaeilge	general surgeon	Collins sign (2009)	cholelithiasis, gallbladder, cholecystitis, referred pain,
BOAS, Ismar Isidor	1858	1938	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Gastroenterologist	Boas sign (1894); Boas point (1894); Boas algesimeter (1891)	cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, biliary tract, gallbladder, referred pain
ALDERS, Nicholas	1904	1995	Hungary, Hungarian, Magyar, Austria, Österreicher, Austrian	Obstetric, gynecology	Alders sign (1951)	appendicitis, pregnancy, shifting tenderness
MALLET-GUY, Pierre	1897	1995	France, French, français	Surgeon	Mallet-Guy sign (1943)	pancreatitis, chronic, clinical examination, palpation
BALLANCE, Sir Charles Alfred	1856	1936	England, English, UK, British	Surgeon	Ballance sign (1898)	spleen, ENT, facial nerves, transplant
LOCKWOOD, Charles Barrett	1856	1914	England, English, UK, British	surgeon	Lockwood sign (1932); Lockwood's operation (1898); Lockwood's suspensory ligament (1885); Lockwood's tendon (1885)	trickle fo flatulence, appendicitis, eye anatomy, ligament, femoral hernia, low approach
CORNO MONTINI, Renzo	1926 1927	1965	Italian, Italy, italiano, Peru, Lima, Peruvian	pediatric, orthopedic	Corno disease (1956)	Sprengel, autosomal dominant, familial, scapula, Sprengel, scapula, familial, autosomal dominant, lima, peru
TOLOSA, Eduardo	1900	1981	Spain, Spanish, Español, España	Neurosurgeon	Tolosa-Hunt syndrome (1954)	headache, Nonspecific inflammation of the cavernous sinus or superior orbital fissure, Painful ophthalmoplegia
RAZDOLSKII, Ivan Yakovlievich	1890	1962	Russia, Russian, Россия	Neurosurgeon, neuropathologist	Razdolsky sign (1924)	Иван Яковлевич Раздольский, spina iliaca, iliac spine, reflex
VOSKRESENSKY, Vladimir Mikhailovich	1902	1951	Russia, Russian, Россия	surgeon	Voskresensky sign (1940)	appendicitis, clinical examination right iliac fossa, sliding, shirt, shirt-lifting, gliding sign, symptom
JOSEPH, Sister Mary	1856	1939	USA, America, American	Nurse, sister	Sister Joseph Nodule (1928)	cancer, metastasis, umbilicus, adenocarcinoma, julia dempsey, nodule, pants-button, mayo, belly-button
ALIBERT, Jean-Louis-Marc	1768	1837	France, French, français	Dermatologist	Alibert-Bazin syndrome (1825, 1858); Alibert disease (1816); Alibert mentagra (1825)	Sycosis barbae, False keloid, keloid, Pian Fungoides, mycosis fungoides, T-cell lymphoma, Bazin
SPRENGEL, Otto	1852	1917	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	surgeon	Sprengel's deformity (1891); Coxa vera (1898)	scapula, inscision, appendicitis, elevated, crono, renzo
BAMBERGER, Heinrich von	1822	1888	Austria, Österreicher, Austrian	Physician	Bamberger sign (1856); Bamberger disease; Bamberger-Concato disease	Pericardial Effusion, Pericarditis, Pericardial effusion, albuminuria, polyserositis, TB, ewart sign
MERKLEN, Pierre Félix	1852	1906	France, French, français	Physician, cardiologist	Genu-pectorale (1892)	Pericardial Effusion, squatting, Knie-Ellbogenlage, genu-pectorale, Knee-chest position, pericardial effusion
ZEHETMAYER, Franz	1813	1846	Austria, Österreicher, Austrian	Physician	Knie-Ellbogenlage (1845)	Pericardial Effusion, squatting, Knie-Ellbogenlage, genu-pectorale, Knee-chest position, pericardial effusion
EWART, William	1848	1929	England, English, UK, British	Physician	Ewart sign (1896); Ewart sign II (1896)	twelve signs of pericardial effusion, Pericardial Effusion, squatting, knee-chest, Pericarditis, Pericardial effusion
LOWER, Richard	1631	1691	England, English, UK, British	Physiologist	Blood transfusion (1666)	Blood transfusion, Xenotransfusion, Cardiac tamponade
DENIS, Jean-Baptiste	1635	1704	France, French, français	Physician, philosopher, mathematician	Xenotransfusion (1667); essence de Denis (1673)	liqueur hémostatique, Denis haemostatic solution, Blood transfusion, sheep blood, calf blood
HIRTZ, Edgard	1849	1916	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Physician	Hirtz sign (1911)	Pericardial Effusion, squatting, Knie-Ellbogenlage, genu-pectorale, Knee-chest position, pericardial effusion
HEIM, Ernst Ludwig	1747	1834	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Physician, botanist	Heim–Kreysig sign (1816)	Pericarditis adherent
BARRERE, Pierre	1690	1755	France, French, français	Physician, Botanist	Knee-chest position in pericardial effusion	Pericardial Effusion, squatting, Knie-Ellbogenlage, genu-pectorale, Knee-chest position, pericardial effusion
KREYSIG, Friedrich Ludwig	1779	1839	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Physician, botanist	Heim–Kreysig sign (1816)	Pericarditis adherent, Knie-Ellbogenlage, genu-pectorale, Knee-chest position, pericardial effusion
BROMAGE, Philip Raikes	1920	2013	England, English, UK, British	Anaesthetist	Bromage score	motor blockade, spinal, epidural
GISSANE, William	1898	1981	Australian, Australia	Surgeon	Gissane angle (1946)	Foot, calcaneum, accident surgery, emergency medicine, casualty, Birmingham
WOLTMAN, Henry	1899	1964	USA, America, American	Neurologist, neurology	Woltman sign (1924)	Reflex, myotoinia, myxoedema, myxedema, chaney, Mayo clinic, hypothyroid, Chaney
WUNDERLICH, Carl Reinhold August	1815	1877	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Physician	Wunderlich syndrome (1856); Wunderlich law (1868); Clinical Thermometry (1868)	typhoid fever, renal haemorrhage, thermometer
MOSSO, Angelo	1846	1910	Italian, Italy, italiano	Physiologist	Mosso Method (1880); Mosso Balance (1882); Bozzolo sign (1887)	aortic regurgitation, AR, pulse, insufficiency, nasal mucosa, pulsation, muscular fatigue, exhaustion
PERMAN, Emil	1856	1946	Sweden, Swedish, svenska	General Surgeon	Perman sign (Perman-Rovsing sign) (1904)	Appendicitis, LLQ, RLQ, rovsing,
BASTEDO, Walter Arthur	1873	1952	Canada, Canadian	gastroenterologist	Bastedo sign (1909)	Appendicitis, clinical sign, rovsing, insufflation, air enema,
MAGILL, Sir Ivan Whiteside	1888	1986	Ireland, Irish, Gaeilge	Anaesthetist	Magill Forceps (1921), Magill curve (1926), Magill ETT (1928),	Equipment, laryngoscope, ETT, endotracheal tube, blind intubation, apparatus,
MACINTOSH, Sir Robert Reynolds	1897	1989	New Zealand, NZ	Anaesthetist and Surgeon	Macintosh Laryngoscope blade (1943), gum elastic bougie (1949), RFD 5580 life jacket (1941), light wand (1957)	Equipment, laryngoscope, curved
BIER, August Karl Gustav	1861	1949	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Surgeon	Bier Block (1908)	Procedure, orthopedic, local anesthetic, prilocaine, colles, fracture
FOLEY, Frederic Eugene Basil	1891	1966	USA, America, American	urologist	Foley Catheter (1929); Foley Operation (1937); Foley artificial urethral sphincter (1947); Foley rotatable resectoscope (1949); Foley hydraulic operating table (1950)	Equipment, urology, catheter, prostate, hemostatic control, IDC,
RYLE, John Alfred	1889	1950	England, English, UK, British	Physician	Ryle nasogastric tube (1921); angor animi	NGT, nasogastric tube, angor animi
YANKAUER, Sidney	1872	1932	USA, America, American	otolaryngologist, ENT, surgeon	Yankauer mask (1904); Yankauer suction catheter (1907); Yankauer operation (1910); Yankauer laryngeal medicator (1907); Yankauer Speculum (1911); Yankauer surgical instruments (1917);	Equipment, Airway, ENT, suction
SELLICK, Brian Arthur	1918	1996	England, English, UK, British	Anaesthetist	Sellick manouvre (1961)	Procedure, cricoid, anesthesia, regurgitation, reflux, monouver
SELDINGER, Sven Ivar	1921	1998	Sweden, Swedish, svenska	Radiologist	Seldinger Technique (1953)	Procedure
GUEDEL, Arthur Ernest	1883	1956	USA, America, American	anaesthesiologist	Guedel-Waters cuffed ETT (1928); Guedel airway (1933); Guedel laryngeal plug (1934); Guedel classification (1937)	Equipment, Airway, OPA, anesthesia depth, ether, cuff, endotracheal
GANZ, William	1919	2009	Slovakian, Slovakia	cardiology	Pulmonary artery (Swan-Ganz) catheter (1970)	Equipment, vascular access
SWAN, Jeremy	1922	2005	Ireland, Irish, Gaeilge		Pulmonary artery (Swan-Ganz) catheter (1970)	Equipment, vascular access
WALDENSTRÖM, Jan Gösta	1906	1996	Sweden, Swedish, svenska	Physician, haematology	Waldenström macroglobulinemia (1944); Waldenström uveoparotitis (1937); Waldenström hyperglobulinaemia (1943); Waldenström disease (1945); Waldenström hepatitis (1950)
MÜLLER, Friedrich von	1858	1941	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Physician	Müller sign (1889)	aortic regurgitation, pulsatile uvula, soft palate, incompetence
DUROZIEZ, Paul Louis	1826	1897	France, French, français	Physician, GP	Duroziez Sign (1861); Duroziez disease; Duroziez rhythm	murmur, aortic regurgitation, insufficiency, double, femoral artery
CORRIGAN, Dominic John	1802	1880	Ireland, Irish, Gaeilge	Physician	Corrigan pulse (1832); Corrigan sign; Corrigan button; Corrigan disease	aortic regurgitation, AR, pulse, insufficiency, expansile, hammer, firing,
BECKER Otto Heinrich Enoch	1828	1890	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Ophthalmologist	Becker sign (1871); Becker test	aortic regurgitation, AR, pulse, insufficiency, Prominent (spontaneous) pulsation of the retinal arteries.
BLUMGART, Herrmann Ludwig	1895	1977	USA, America, American	Physician	Blumgart-Erstene murmur (1933); Blumgart–Yens detector (1925)	nuclear medicine, radioactive, aortic regurgitation, AR, pulse, insufficiency, nuclear medicine
COLE, Rufus	1872	1966	USA, America, American	Physician	Cole-Cecil murmur (1908)	aortic regurgitation, AR, pulse, insufficiency, murmur, diastolic, axilla
MINGAZZINI, Giovanni	1859	1929	Italian, Italy, italiano	Neurologist, neurology	Mingazzini test; Mingazzini field; Mingazzini manoeuvre;	barre test, arm drift, lenticular
LANDOLFI, Michele	1878	1959	Italian, Italy, italiano	Physician	Landolfi sign (1909); Phonacoscopy (1906)	aortic regurgitation, pupil ciculatory hippus, Phonacoscopy, fonacoscopio, pulmonary TB
QUINCKE, Heinricus Irenaeus	1884	1922	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Physician	Quincke’s pulse (1868); Quincke’s oedema (1882); Achorion of Quincke (1886); Lumbar puncture (1891); Quincke spinal needle	Equipment, nobel prize, Needle, aortic regurgitation, pulse, fungus, mouse favus,
WATSON, Thomas	1792	1882	England, English, UK, British	Physician	Watson water-hammer pulse (1837)	aortic regurgitation, water hammer, palpable pulse, insufficiency
TRAUBE, Ludwig	1818	1876	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Physician, pathologist	Traube's sign, Traube ‘double-tone' (1867); Traube’s space (1868); Traube's pulse (1872)	pistol shot, aortic regurgitation, insufficiency, pleural effusion, gastric bubble, pulsus bigeminus, pulsus alternans
BARRÉ, Jean-Alexandre	1880	1967	France, French, français	Neurologist	Guillain-Barré syndrome (1916); Barré sign (1919); Barré-Liéou syndrome (1926); Barré test (1937)	GBS, Guillain-Barré syndrome, acute inflammatory paralytic neuropathy, Mingazzini
GUILLAIN, Georges Charles	1876	1961	France, French, français	Neurologist	Guillain-Barré syndrome (1916); Guillain-Thaon syndrome (1913); Guillain sign (1923); Guillain-Betrand-Lereboullet syndrome (1934); Garcin-Guillain syndrome (1927); Guillain-Mollaret triangle (1933)	GBS, Guillain-Barré syndrome, acute inflammatory paralytic neuropathy
KARTAGENER, Manes	1897	1975	Austria, Polish, Swiss	physician	Kartagener syndrome (1933) Kartagener disease (1942)	Eosinphilia, chronic lung, primary ciliary dyskinesia, situs inversus, bronchiectasis
LEMIERRE, André-Alfred	1875	1956	France, French, français	Bacteriologist	Lemierre syndrome (1936)	ENT, postanginal, septicemia, oropharyngeal, internal jugular, bacteraemia, anaerobic,
EARLE, Henry	1789	1838	England, English, UK, British	Surgeon, surgery	Earle-Volkmann triangle (1829)	Ankle, posterior tibia fracture, conservative management, fracture bed, shoulder brace, cock-sparrow, bat, lancet
HUETER, Carl	1838	1882	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Surgeon, surgery	Hueter-Volkmann Law (1862)	anatomy, hallux valgus, bone growth, immature bone, obesity
MONRO, Alexander (secundus)	1733	1817	Scottish, Scotland	Physician, anatomist	Monro-Kellie hypothesis (1783) Foramen of Monro (1783)	bell, kellie, ICP, brain, CSF
FOURNIER, Jean-Alfred	1832	1914	France, French, français	Dermatologist	Fournier gangrene (1883); Fournier sign (1891) Reactive arthritis (1868)	Reactive arthritis, gangrene, perineal, scrotum, penile
KELLIE, George	1770	1829	Scottish, Scotland	Surgeon, surgery	Monro-Kellie hypothesis (1824)	ICP, CSF, Leith, shark
BONNET, Charles	1720	1793	Swiss, schweizerisch, Switzerland, Geneva	Naturalist	Charles Bonnet syndrome (1760)	Hallucination, visual impairment, entomology, visual hallucination, Republic of Geneva, grandfather
COTARD, Jules	1840	1889	France, French, français	Psychiatrist	Cotard Syndrome (1882)	Delusion, nihilistic delusions, délire des négations
MEYER, Robert	1864	1947	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Gynaecology	Weigert-Meyer rule (1877)	urology, ureter, law, rule, duplication, insertion
WEIGERT, Carl	1845	1904	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Pathologist	Weigert-Meyer rule (1877) Weigert's law (1896)	urology, ureter, law, rule, duplication, insertion
KERLEY, Peter James	1900	1979	Ireland, Irish, Gaeilge	Radiologist, radiology	Kerley lines (1933)	Radiology, CXR, pulmonary oedema, edema
PANTRIDGE, Frank	1916	2004	Northern Ireland, Norn Irish	Cardiology, cardiologist, emergency medicine	Pantridge defibrillator (1965), Pantridge Plan (1966)	portable defibrillator, prehospital, belfast plan, mobile coronary care unit, belfast, AED,
BURNS, Allan	1781	1813	Scottish, Scotland	Anatomy, surgery, surgeon	Burns ligament (1802) Cardiac resuscitation (1809)	falciform ligament, crural, hernia, electric shock, CPR, resucitation
LIBMAN, Emanuel	1872	1946	USA, America, American	Physician	Libman-Sacks endocarditis (1924)	Endocarditis, SLE, lupus, APS, nonbacterial, verrucous
SACKS, Benjamin	1896	1971	USA, America, American	Physician	Libman-Sacks endocarditis (1924)	Endocarditis, SLE, lupus, APS, nonbacterial, verrucous
HEBERDEN, William	1710	1801	England, English, UK, British	Physician	Heberden nodes; Angina pectoris; HSP	Heberden nodes; Angina pectoris; HSP
CHILAIDITI, Dimítrios	1883	1975	Turkey, Türk, Turkish	Radiologist, Radiology	Chilaiditi syndrome (1910)	Intestine, symptomatic hepatodiaphragmatic interposition associated with abdominal pain, nocturnal vomiting, anorexia, and abdominal distension
BAASTRUP, Christian Ingerslev	1885	1950	Danish, Denmark, Dansk	Radiologist, Radiology	Baastrup sign/disease (1933)	kissing spine, LBP, lumbar spine, neurosurgical
PENDRED, Vaughan	1869	1946	England, English, UK, British	General Practice, GP	Pendred Syndrome (1896)	Thyroid, Goitre, Deafness
WESTERMARK, Nils Johan Hugo	1892	1980	Sweden, Swedish, svenska	Radiologist, Radiology	Westermark sign (1938)	PTE, CXR, regional oligaemia, pulmonary embolus, PTE, oligemia
HAMPTON, Aubrey Otis	1900	1955	USA, America, American	Radiologist, Radiology	Hampton Hump (1940)	PTE, CXR, pulmonary infarction, pleural-based, pulmonary embolus
FLEISCHNER, Felix G	1893	1969	Austria, Österreicher, Austrian	Radiologist, Radiology	Fleischner Sign (1959)	PTE, CXR, central pulmonary artery enlargement, pulmonary embolism
CHANG, CH Joseph	1929	2017	USA, America, American	Radiologist, Radiology	Chang sign (1965)	PTE, CXR, pulmonary infarction, pulmonary artery dilation, right descending pulmonary artery enlargement
PALLA, Antonio	1950		Italian, Italy, italiano	Radiologist	Palla Sign (1983)	PTE, CXR, chang sign, dilated right descending pulmonary artery, right descending pulmonary artery enlargement
EKBOM, Karl-Axel	1907	1977	Sweden, Swedish, svenska	Neurologist, neurology	Ekbom syndrome II [Delusional parasitosis] (1938) Willis-Ekbom syndrome [Restless Leg Syndrome] (1944)	delusion of parasitosis, WED, RLS, restless leg syndrome
PAGET, James	1814	1899	England, English, UK, British	Surgeon	Paget-Schroetter disease (1858) Paget’s disease of the nipple (1874) Paget’s disease of bone (1876)	Knee, osteochondrosis, apophysitis, OSD, Osteitis deformans, Vascular compression, Osgood-schlatter (1891), Carpal tunnel, pagets disease, disease of the nipple, upper limb DVT, effort thrombosis
VON SCHRÖTTER, Leopold	1837	1908	Austria, Österreicher, Austrian	Surgeon	Paget-Schroetter disease (1884)	Upper limb DVT, deep venous thrombosis, effort induced thrombosis,
HAWKINS, Leland Greene	1933	1991	USA, America, American	Orthopedic Surgeon	Hawkins fracture (1970)	Talus, astralgus
LAZAREVIĆ, Laza	1851	1891	Serbian, Serbia, Српски	Neurology	Lazarević sign (1880)	Spine Lumbar lumbar disc lesions, sciatica - SLR test
LASÈGUE, Ernest Charles	1816	1883	France, French, français	Physician	Lasègue's sign (1864); Lasègue-Falret syndrome (1877)	Spine Lumbar lumbar disc lesions, sciatica - SLR test, folie a deux
LEWIS, Gwylim	1914	1999	USA, America, American	Orthopedic Surgeon	Holstein–Lewis fracture (1963)	Humerus Distal 1/3 radial nerve palsy
PIPKIN, Garrett	1904	1981	USA, America, American	Orthopedic Surgeon	Pipkin fracture-dislocation (1957)	Hip femoral head fracture
GARDEN, Robert Symon	1910	1982	England, English, UK, British	Surgeon	Garden Classification of intracapsular femoral neck fractures (1961)	Hip Classification, AVN, avascular necrosis
KIENBÖCK, Robert	1871	1953	Austria, Österreicher, Austrian	Radiologist	Kienböck disease (1910)	Hand, Carpus, Lunate, AVN, avascular necrosis
THOMAS, Hugh Owen	1834	1891	Wales, Welsh, Cymru	Orthopaedic Surgeon	Thomas splint (1865), Thomas test	Equipment
ALBERS-SCHÖNBERG, Heinrich	1865	1921	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Radiologist	Albers-Schönberg disease (1904)	Bone, Osteopetrosis, marble bone disease, increased radiologic density of the bones
POTT, Percivall	1714	1788	England, English, UK, British	Surgeon	Pott fracture (1768); Pott puffy tumour; Pott cancer (chimney-sweepers cancer); Pott disease; Pott curvature; Pott paraplegia	Ankle fracture, scrotal cancer, chimney sweep, curvature, tuberculosis spine
MAISONNEUVE, Jacques Gilles	1809	1897	France, French, français	Surgeon	Maisonneuve fracture (1840)	Ankle Fracture Proximal fibula, medial malleolar fracture with syndesomisis disruption
OSBORN, John J	1917	2014	USA, America, American	Intensivist	Osborn wave 1953	camel hump sign of Osborn, hypothermic hump, late delta wave, hathook junction, J wave, H wave, K wave
WENCKEBACH, Karel Frederik	1864	1940	Dutch, Holland, Netherlands, Nederlands	Physician	Wenckebach Phenomenon (1898) (Second degree Atrioventricular Block)	ECG, Mobitz AV Block, Mobitz Type I, 2nd degree AV block, atrioventricular block
HAY, John	1873	1959	England, English, UK, British	Physician	Hay Block (1906) - [Mobitz II AV Block]	ECG, Mobitz AV Block, Mobitz Type II, 2nd degree AV block, atrioventricular block
DE WINTER, Robbert J.	1958		Dutch, Holland, Netherlands, Nederlands	Cardiologist	de Winter T waves (2008)	STEMI, wave, T-wave, infarction, anterior STEMI equivalent, peaked T waves
ROMANO, Cesarino	1924	2008	Italian, Italy, italiano	Paediatrician	Romano-Ward Syndrome (1963)	ECG Syndrome, Congenital (autosomal dominant) long QT syndrome (LQTS)
WARD, Owen Conor	1923		Ireland, Irish, Gaeilge	Paediatrician	Romano-Ward Syndrome (1964)	ECG Syndrome, Congenital (autosomal dominant) long QT syndrome (LQTS)
JERVELL, Anton	1901	1987	Norway, Norge, Norwegian	Physician	Jervell and Lange-Nielsen Syndrome (1957)	ECG Syndrome, JLNS, Congenital (autosomal recessive) long QT syndrome (LQTS) bilateral sensorineural hearing loss
LANGE-NIELSEN, Fred	1919	1989	Norway, Norge, Norwegian	Physician	Jervell and Lange-Nielsen Syndrome (1957)	ECG Syndrome, JLNS, Congenital (autosomal recessive) long QT syndrome (LQTS) bilateral sensorineural hearing loss
LOWN, Bernard	1921		Lithuania, Lithuanian	Cardiologist	Lown–Ganong–Levine syndrome (1952)	ECG Syndrome, LGL, AVRT, pre-excitation, accessory conduction pathway, short PR interval
WOLFF, Louis	1898	1972	USA, America, American	Cardiologist	Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (1930)	ECG Syndrome, short P-R, PR interval, paroxysmal tachycardia, pre-excitation, preexcitation
PARKINSON, John	1885	1976	England, English, UK, British	Cardiologist	Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (1930)	ECG Syndrome, short P-R, PR interval, paroxysmal tachycardia, pre-excitation, preexcitation
WHITE, Paul Dudley	1886	1973	USA, America, American	Cardiologist	Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (1930); McGinn-White pattern (1935)	ECG Syndrome, short P-R, PR interval, paroxysmal tachycardia, pre-excitation, preexcitation, s1q3t3
SYLVEST, Ejner	1880	1972	Danish, Denmark, Dansk	Physician	Bornholm disease (1930)	Chest Pain, acute, transient viral myositis associated with Coxsackievirus B. Epidemic Myalgia, pleurodynia
DA COSTA, Jacob Mendes	1833	1900	USA, America, American	Physician	Da Costa Syndrome (1871)	Chest Pain, Soldiers heart, cardiac neurosis, neurocirculatory asthenia
APGAR, VIRGINIA, Virginia	1909	1974	USA, America, American	anaesthesiologist	APGAR score (1953)	Paeds Score, backronym, Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respiration
CULLEN, Thomas Stephen	1869	1953	Canada, Canadian	Gynaecology	Cullen sign (1918)	Ecchymosis, abdominal, atraumatic, ectopic pregnancy
BRYANT, John Henry	1867	1906	England, English, UK, British	Physician	Blue Scrotum Sign of Bryant (1903)	Ecchymosis, abdominal, atraumatic, scrotum, AAA, abdominal aortic aneurysm, rupture
FOX, John Adrian			England, English, UK, British	Surgeon	Fox's sign (1966)	Ecchymosis, abdominal, atraumatic, AAA, abdominal aortic aneurysm, pancreatitis
STABLER, Francis Edward	1902	1967	England, English, UK, British	Surgeon Gynaecologist	Stabler Sign (1934)	Ecchymosis, abdominal, atraumatic, ectopic pregnancy
GREY TURNER, George	1877	1951	England, English, UK, British	Surgeon	Grey Turner sign (1920)	Ecchymosis, abdominal, atraumatic, pancreatitis, flank haemorrhage
THOMPSON, T. Campbell	1902	1986	USA, America, American	Orthopedic Surgeon	Thompson Test (1962)	achilles, Simmonds Test, Thompson Test, Calf squeeze Test, achiles tendon rupture
SIMMONDS, Franklin Adin	1910	1983	England, English, UK, British	Orthopaedic Surgeon	Simmonds Test (1957)	achilles, Simmonds Test, Thompson Test, Calf squeeze Test, achiles tendon rupture
BOERHAAVE, Herman	1668	1738	Dutch, Holland, Netherlands, Nederlands	Physician, anatomist, botanist, chemist and humanist	Boerhaave syndrome (1724)	Oesophagus, rupture, oesophageal
DRESSLER, William	1890	1969	Poland, Polish, Polskie	Cardiologist	Dressler Beat (1952), Dressler Syndrome (1956)	Pericarditis, Pericardial effusion, ECG, VT, Fusion beat
PANCOAST, Henry Khunrath	1875	1939	USA, America, American	Radiologist	Pancoast tumour, Pancoast Syndrome (1924)	NSLSC, lung carcinoma, neoplasm, horner syndrome, Radicular pain, local compression of brachial plexus
LE FORT, Léon Clément	1829	1893	France, French, français	Surgeon	Wagstaffe-Le Fort Fracture (1886)	Ankle Fracture fibula anteromedial ATFL
LE FORT, René	1869	1951	France, French, français	Surgeon	Le Fort facial fracture classification (1901)	Facial fractures
GOYRAND, Jean-Gaspard Blaise	1803	1866	France, French, français	Surgeon	Goyrand Fracture (1832)	Wrist Distal radius fracture Smith
VELPEAU, Alfred-Armand-Louis-Marie	1795	1867	France, French, français	General Surgeon	Velpeau bandage	leukaemia, hidradenitis suppurativa, bandage, paget's disease of nipple
LISFRANC OF SAN MARTÍN, Jacques	1787	1847	France, French, français	Surgeon and Gynecologist	Lisfranc fracture (1815)	Foot Fracture, ligament, fore-foot, mid-foot, amputation, line, joint
CHOPART, François	1743	1795	France, French, français	Surgeon	Chopart fracture-dislocation (1792)	Foot Fracture, amputation, line, joint, hindfoot, feet, foot injury
TILLAUX, Paul Jules	1834	1904	France, French, français	Surgeon	Tillaux-Chaput fracture (1876) Appareil de Tillaux, Manœuvre de Tillaux, Aïe crépitant de Tillaux	Ankle Fracture fibula posterolateral SH III, de quervain, tenosynovitis
CHAPUT, Henri Victor	1857	1919	France, French, français	Surgeon	Tillaux-Chaput fracture (1899) Les gants de Chaput	Ankle Fracture fibula posterolateral SH III, Les gants de Chaput, surgical gloves, Terrilon, stovaine
WAGSTAFFE, William Warwick (senior)	1843	1910	England, English, UK, British	Surgeon	Wagstaffe-Le Fort Fracture (1875)	Ankle Fracture fibula anteromedial ATFL
DE QUERVAIN, Fritz	1868	1940	Swiss, schweizerisch, Switzerland	Surgeon	De Quervain disease (1894)	Wrist tenosynovitis, pseudohermaphroditism, subacute struma, subacute thyroiditis
KOCHER, Emil Theodor	1841	1917	Swiss, schweizerisch, Switzerland	Surgeon	Kocher shoulder reduction	shoulder reduction, thyroid disease, thyroidectomy, asepsis
FINKELSTEIN, Harry	1883	1975	USA, America, American	Surgeon	Finkelstein Test (1930)	Wrist tenosynovitis, eichoiff, tillaux, de quervain
PIROGOV, Nikolay Ivanovich	1810	1881	Russia, Russian, Россия	Surgeon	Amputation of Pirogov (1854)	Foot amputation, ether, trauma surgery, military surgery, female nurses, Никола́й Ива́нович Пирого́в
ROLANDO, Silvio	1873	1945	Italian, Italy, italiano	Orthopaedic Surgeon	Rolando Fracture (1910)	Thumb, fracture, base, three-part, intra-articular, metacarpal, 3 part, tripartate
SMITH, Robert William	1807	1873	Ireland, Irish, Gaeilge	Surgeon	Smith fracture (1847)	Wrist Distal radius fracture volar
PETIT, Jean-Louis	1674	1750	France, French, français	Surgeon	Colles Fracture (**1705)	Wrist Distal radius fracture, tourniquet
BATTLE, William Henry Marfleet	1855	1936	England, English, UK, British	Surgeon	Battle sign (1890)	Base of skull fracture, mastoid ecchymosis
MOORE, Edward Mott	1814	1902	USA, America, American	Orthopedic Surgeon	Moore fracture (1870)	Wrist Distal radius
BARTON, John Rhea	1794	1871	USA, America, American	Orthopedic Surgeon	Barton fracture (1838)	Wrist Distal radius fracture
THOMAS, Terry	1911	1990	England, English, UK, British	Actor	Terry-Thomas Sign (1977)	Hand Carpus scapholunate
MALGAIGNE, Joseph François	1806	1865	France, French, français	Surgeon	Malgaigne pelvic fracture (1859)	unstable pelvic fracture
COLLES, Abraham	1773	1843	Ireland, Irish, Gaeilge	Surgeon	Colles fracture (1814)	Wrist Distal radius fracture
POUTEAU, Claude	1725	1775	France, French, français	Surgeon	Pouteau Fracture (Colles) (1760)	Wrist Distal radius fracture
CODMAN, Ernest Amory	1869	1940	USA, America, American	Surgeon	Codman triangle (1926) Codman tumour (1931) Codman exercises (1934) Codman test (1934)	Shoulder, rotator cuff, subacromial bursitis
MONTEGGIA, Giovanni Battista	1762	1815	Italian, Italy, italiano	Surgeon	Monteggia fracture (1812)	Forearm fracture, ulna fracture, radius dislocation
BADO, José Luis	1903	1977	Uruguay, uruguayan	Surgeon	Bado Classification (1962)	Forearm fracture, ulna fracture, radius dislocation
AUENBRUGGER, Leopold	1722	1809	Austria, Österreicher, Austrian	Physician	Auenbrugger Sign (1761); Auenbrugger sign II (1761); Auenbrugger bone sign	Humerus Upper limb fracture, percussion, pericarditis, pericardial effusion,
BANKART, Arthur Sidney Blundell	1879	1951	England, English, UK, British	Orthopaedic Surgeon	Bankart lesion (1923)	Shoulder Operation, dislocation, glenoid, reduction, shoulder dislocation
HILL, Harold Arthur	1901	1973	USA, America, American	Orthopaedic Surgeon	Hill–Sachs lesion (1940)	shoulder dislocation, reduction, posterolateral humeral depression
SACHS, Maurice David	1909	1987	USA, America, American	Orthopaedic Surgeon	Hill–Sachs lesion (1940)	shoulder dislocation, reduction, posterolateral humeral depression
STIEDA, Eugen Julius Karl Paul Alfred	1869	1945	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Surgeon	Köhler-Pelligrini-Stieda disease (1907)	Knee, medial, bony avulsion, MCL, medial collateral ligament
PELLEGRINI, Augusto	1877	1958	Italian, Italy, italiano	Surgeon	Köhler-Pelligrini-Stieda disease (1905)	Knee, medial, bony avulsion, MCL, medial collateral ligament
LEGG, Arthur Thornton	1874	1939	USA, America, American	Orthopaedic Surgeon	Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (1910)	Hip AVN
PERTHES, Georg Clemens	1869	1927	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Orthopaedic Surgeon	Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (1910)	Hip AVN
CALVÉ, Jacques	1875	1954	France, French, français	Orthopaedic Surgeon	Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (1910)	Hip AVN
WALDENSTRÖM, Johann Henning	1877	1972	Sweden, Swedish, svenska	Orthopaedic Surgeon	Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (1909)	Hip AVN
KÖHLER , Alban	1874	1947	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Radiologist	Köhler disease (1908)	rare, self-limiting, avascular necrosis, osteochondrosis, of the navicular bone in children, AVN, foot, foot injury
FREIBERG, Albert Henry	1868	1940	USA, America, American	Orthopedic Surgeon	Freiberg Infraction (1914)	Foot metatarsal osteonecrosis, osteochondrosis, infraction
WEBER, Bernhard Georg	1927	2002	Swiss, schweizerisch, Switzerland	Orthopedic Surgeon	Danis-Weber classification (1972)	ankle fracture classification
DANIS, Robert	1880	1962	Belgium, Belgian	Orthopedic Surgeon	Danis-Weber classification (1949)	ankle fracture classification
LAUGE-HANSEN, Niels	1899	1976	Danish, Denmark, Dansk	Surgeon	Lauge-Hansen classification (1950)	Ankle Fracture classification
JONES, Sir Robert	1857	1933	Wales, Welsh, Cymru	Orthopaedic Surgeon	Jones fracture (1902)	Foot Fracture, 5th Metatarsal, Foot Fracture, 5th Metatarsal, early XR, foot injury, dancing, Zone II
CEDELL, Carl-Axel	1932		Sweden, Swedish, svenska	Orthopedic Surgeon	Cedell fracture (1974)	Talus, Ankle fracture, Posterior talar process fracture, medial tubercle, posteromedial tubercle
SHEPHERD, Francis J.	1851	1929	England, English, UK, British	Orthopedic Surgeon	Shepherd fracture (1882)	Talus. Ankle, Posterior talar process fracture, lateral tubercle
OSGOOD, Robert Bayley	1873	1956	USA, America, American	Orthopedic Surgeon	Osgood-Schlatter disease (1903)	osteochondrosis or traction apophysitis of the tibial tubercle knee, Knee, osteochondrosis, apophysitis, OSD,
SCHLATTER, Carl B.	1864	1934	Swiss, schweizerisch, Switzerland	Orthopedic Surgeon	Osgood-Schlatter disease (1903)	osteochondrosis or traction apophysitis of the tibial tubercle knee, Knee, osteochondrosis, apophysitis, OSD,
LELLI, Alessandro			Italian, Italy, italiano	Orthopaedic Surgeon	Lelli Test (2005)	Knee exam. ACL, rupture
NOULIS, George C	1849	1919	Greece, Greek, Ελληνικά	Surgeon	Lachman Test (1976)	Knee exam. ACL, rupture
LACHMAN, John W	1919	2007	USA, America, American	Surgeon	Lachman Test (1976)	Knee exam. ACL, rupture
MCMURRAY, Thomas Porter	1887	1949	England, English, UK, British	Orthopaedic Surgeon	McMurray Test (1942)	Knee exam. Meniscus
APLEY, Alan Graham	1914	1996	England, English, UK, British	Orthopaedic Surgeon	Apley grind test (1947)	Knee exam. Meniscus, grind, compression, distraction, clinical examination
HARRIS, W. Robert	1922	2005	Canada, Canadian	Orthopaedic Surgeon	Salter-Harris Classification (1963)	Fracture Classification, epiphyseal plate fractures
SALTER, Robert Bruce	1924	2010	Canada, Canadian	Orthopaedic Surgeon	Salter-Harris Classification (1963)	Fracture Classification, epiphyseal plate fractures
SCHATZKER, Joseph	1904		Canada, Canadian	Orthopaedic Surgeon	Schatzker classification (1979)	Tibia Fracture classification
SEGOND, Paul Ferdinand	1851	1912	France, French, français	Surgeon and Gynecologist	Segond fracture (1879)	Knee fracture ACL, LCL
ESSEX-LOPRESTI, Peter Gordon Lawrence	1916	1951	England, English, UK, British	Surgeon	Essex-Lopresti fracture (1951)	radial head fracture, DRUJ
GOSSELIN, Léon Athanase	1815	1857	France, French, français	Surgeon	Gosselin Fracture (1855)	Ankle Fracture Tibia V-shaped
BOSWORTH, David Marsh	1897	1979	USA, America, American	Orthopedic Surgeon	Bosworth fracture (1947)	Ankle fracture-dislocation classification
COTTON, Frederic Jay	1869	1938	USA, America, American	Orthopedic Surgeon	Cotton fracture (1915), Cotton-Loder position	Ankle Fracture trimalleolar
MILJESIC, Spaso	1946		Croatia	Nurse specialist	Spaso Technique (1998)	Shoulder, Dislocation, Relocation
ASHMAN, Richard	1890	1970	USA, America, American	Physiologist	Ashman Phenomenon (1947)	RBBB, ventricular ectopic, AF, Atrial fibrilliation, long-short RR interval
KATZ, Louis Nelson	1897	1973	USA, America, American	Cardiologist	Katz-Wachtel phenomenon (1937)	biventricular hypertrophy pediatric ecg VSD
BROWN-SÉQUARD, Charles Edouard	1817	1894	French, France, Francais	Physician	Brown-Séquard Syndrome	Eccentric, elixir, spinal cord, testicles
BELL, Sir Charles	1774	1842	Scottish, Scotland, UK	Physician	Bell's palsy (1827) Bell's phenomenon Long thoracic nerve of Bell	facial palsy, VII nerve, LMNX
ARGYLL ROBERTSON, Douglas	1837	1909	Scottish, Scotland	Surgeon	Argyll Robertson pupil (1869)	pupil, poorly reactive but with normal near accommodation, prostitute, syphillis, reflex iridoplegia
BARTON, John Rhea	1794	1871	USA, America, American	Orthopedics	Barton fracture (1838) Barton Bandage	Wrist, distal radius, fracture, volar, dorsal
BENNETT, Edward Hallaran	1837	1907	Ireland, Irish, Gaeilge	Orthopaedic Surgeon	Bennett fracture (1882); Bennett double ring splint	Thumb, base metacarpal, fracture, two-part, bipartate, bi-partate, 2 part
STEVENS, Albert Mason	1884	1945	USA, America, American	Pediatrician	Stevens-Johnson syndrome (1922)	Skin, autoimmune, rash, blistering erythematous skin condition, mucous membrane, SJS
JOHNSON, Frank Chambliss	1894	1934	USA, America, American	Pediatrician	Stevens-Johnson syndrome (1922)	Skin, autoimmune, rash, blistering erythematous skin condition, mucous membrane, SJS
SAFAR, Peter Josef	1924	2003	Austria, Österreicher, Austrian	ICU	Laws for the Navigation of Life	Intensive care, law,
GRAVES, Robert James	1796	1853	Ireland, Irish, Gaeilge	Physician	Graves disease (1835) Graves Ophthalmopathy (1969)	Thyroid, goitre, orbitopathy, Thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy, Thyroid eye diseaseTAO, TED
FLOYER, John	1649	1734	England, English, UK, British	Physician	Pulse watch (1707)	Pulsometer, asthmometer, second-hand watch
BASEDOW, Karl Adolph von	1799	1854	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Physician	(Graves) - Basedow disease (1840)	Merseburger Triad Thyroid, goitre, orbitopathy, Thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy, Thyroid eye diseaseTAO, TED, Schweinfurther Grün
PARRY, Caleb Hillier	1755	1822	England, English, UK, British	Physician	Parry-Romberg syndrome (1825, 1846); Parry Disease (Graves disease) (1825)	hirschprung, goitre, exophthalmos, basedow, facial hemiatrophy
ROMBERG, Moritz Heinrich	1795	1873	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Physician	Romberg sign, Romberg test (1846); Parry-Romberg syndrome (1825, 1846); Howship-Romberg sign (1840, 1847)	neurology, sensory ataxia, tabes dorsalis, facial hemiatrophy, obturator
STELLWAG VON CARION, Karl	1823	1904	Austria, Österreicher, Austrian	Ophthalmologist	Stellwag sign (1869)	Thyroid Eye, orbitopathy, exophthalmos, graves, ophthalmopathy
DALRYMPLE, John	1803	1852	England, English, UK, British	Ophthalmologist	Dalrymple sign (1852)	Thyroid Eye, orbitopathy, exophthalmos, graves
MÖBIUS, Paul Julius	1853	1907	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Neurologist	Möbius disease (1884) Möbius syndrome (1888) Möbius sign (1894)	ophthalmoplegic migraine, congenital facial diplegia, Thyroid Eye, orbitopathy, exophthalmos, graves, weakness of eye convergence
GRAEFE, Albrecht von	1828	1870	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Ophthalmologist	Graefe sign (1864) Usher syndrome (1858) Adson-Graefe forceps	sudden visual loss due to retinal artery embolism; optic retinitis; iridectomy in angle closure, retinitis pigmentosa and perceptive deafness
JOFFROY, Alix	1844	1908	France, French, français	Neurologist, psychiatrist	Joffroy sign (1893)	amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, absence wrinkling forehead Graves Ophthalmopathy
LE FORT, Léon Clément	1829	1893	France, French, français	Surgeon	Wagstaffe-Le Fort Fracture (1875, 1886) Great Great GrandFather of FOAMed Le Fort amputation	Ankle Fracture fibula anteromedial ATFL FOAMed
WAGSTAFFE, William Warwick (senior)	1843	1910	England, English, UK, British	Surgeon	Wagstaffe-Le Fort Fracture (1875, 1886)	Ankle Fracture fibula anteromedial ATFL
CHAPUT, Henri Victor	1857	1919	France, French, français	Surgeon	Tillaux-Chaput fracture (1876, 1899) Les gants de Chaput	Ankle Fracture fibula posterolateral SH III, Les gants de Chaput, surgical gloves, Terrilon, stovaine
TILLAUX, Paul Jules	1834	1904	France, French, français	Surgeon	Tillaux-Chaput fracture (1876, 1899) Appareil de Tillaux Manœuvre de Tillaux Aïe crépitant de Tillaux	Ankle Fracture fibula posterolateral SH III, tenosynovitis
BAZETT, Henry Cuthbert	1885	1950	England, English, UK, British	Physiologist	Bazett formula (1920)	QT interval, QTc, ECG, square root, RR
FRIDERICIA, Louis Sigurd	1881	1947	Danish, Denmark, Dansk	Physician	Fridericia Formula (1920)	QT interval, QTc, ECG, cube root, RR
WALLER, Augustus Desiré	1856	1922	England, English, UK, British	Physiologist	First ECG in a human (1887)	ECG, Jimmy the dog, Lippmann’s capillary electrometer
LUCIANI, Luigi	1842	1919	Italian, Italy, italiano	Neuroscientist	Luciani beats; Luciani period; Group beating (1873)	Luciani beats; Luciani period; Group beating, second degree, 2nd, AV block
GALABIN, Alfred Lewis	1843	1913	England, English, UK, British	Physician	Second degree Atrioventricular (AV) Block. Using apexcardiogram first to document AV block in humans (1873)	ECG, Mobitz AV Block, Mobitz, 2nd degree AV block, atrioventricular block, apexcardiogram
GASKELL, Walter Holbrook	1847	1914	England, English, UK, British	Physiologist	Second degree Atrioventricular Block	ECG, Mobitz AV Block, Mobitz, 2nd degree AV block, atrioventricular block
MOBITZ, Woldemar	1889	1951	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Physician	Mobitz Classification of Second degree Atrioventricular Block (1924)	ECG, Mobitz AV Block 2nd degree AV block, atrioventricular block
LEVINE, Samuel Albert	1891	1966	USA, America, American, Poland, Polish, Polskie	Cardiologist	Lown–Ganong–Levine syndrome (1952); Levine sign; Levine Scale (1933); Cossio-Levine Sign (1934)	ECG Syndrome, LGL, AVRT, pre-excitation, accessory conduction pathway, short PR interval
GANONG JR, William Francis	1924	2007	USA, America, American	Physiologist	Lown–Ganong–Levine syndrome (1952) Ganong: Review of Medical Physiology	ECG Syndrome, LGL, AVRT, pre-excitation, accessory conduction pathway, short PR interval
GIBSON, George Alexander	1854	1913	Scottish, Scotland	Physician	Gibson murmur (1906)	machinery murmur, second left interspace, patent ductus arteriosus, PDA
LAENNEC, René	1781	1826	France, French, français	Physician	Stethoscope (1816)	Equipment
HODGKIN, Thomas	1798	1866	England, English, UK, British	Physician	Key-Hodgkin murmur (1827); Hodgkin's disease	Murmur, diastolic murmur, aortic regurgitation, saw cutting through wood
KEY, Charles Aston	1793	1849	England, English, UK, British	Surgeon	Key-Hodgkin murmur (1827)	Murmur, diastolic murmur, aortic regurgitation, saw cutting through wood
ROGER, Henri-Louis	1809	1891	France, French, français	Pediatrician	Bruit de Roger (Roger's murmur) (1879)	Murmur. VSD, ventricular septal defects
STILL, Sir George Frederic	1868	1941	England, English, UK, British	Paediatrician	Still's disease (1896) Still's murmur (1909)	Murmur, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, vibratory murmur, physiological bruit, benign functional, cardiac murmur, pediatric
CABOT, Richard Clarke	1868	1939	USA, America, American	Physician	Cabot–Locke murmur (1903); Cabot rings (1903)	Murmur, mid-diastolic murmur of acute rheumatic mitral valvulitis diastolic, pernicious anemia,
LOCKE, Edwin Allen	1874	1971	USA, America, American	Physician	Cabot–Locke murmur (1903)	Murmur, early diastolic murmur, untreated anaemia
COOMBS, Carey Franklin	1879	1932	England, English, UK, British	Physician	Carey Coombs Murmur (1907)	Murmur, mid-diastolic murmur of acute rheumatic mitral valvulitis diastolic
DOCK, William	1898	1990	USA, America, American	Physician	Dock's murmur (1967) Dock's Law (Sutton's Law) (1961)	Murmur, Early diastolic murmur, severe stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery
STEELL, Graham	1851	1942	Scottish, Scotland	Physician	Graham Steell Murmur (1888)	Murmur, high pitched early diastolic murmur, pulmonary incompetence, pulmonary hypertension
FLINT, Austin	1812	1886	USA, America, American	Physician	Austin Flint Murmur (1862); Flint's Law (1852)	Murmur, mid-diastolic aortic regurgitant murmur heard at the apex
RIVERO-CARVALLO, José Manuel	1905	1993	Mexican, Mexico	Cardiologist	Rivero-Carvallo sign and manouver	Accentuation of the murmur of tricuspid regurgitation and tricuspid stenosis with inspiration
LEV, Maurice	1908	1994	USA, America, American	Cardiologist	Lenègre-Lev disease (1964)	Acquired CHB, complete heart block
LENEGRE, Jean	1904	1972	France, French, français	Cardiologist	Lenègre-Lev disease (1964)	Acquired CHB, complete heart block
AKENSIDE, Mark	1721	1770	England, English, UK, British	Physician, Poet	Contusio cordis (1763) von Recklinghausen Disease (1767)	Neurofibromatosis, NF-1
VON RECKLINGHAUSEN, Friedrich Daniel	1833	1910	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Pathologist	von Recklinghausen disease (1882)	Neurofibromatosis, NF-1, NF1, Café-au-lait, freckling, Lisch nodules
SGARBOSSA, Elena B			Argentinian, Argentina	Cardiologist	Sgarbossa criteria (1996)	LBBB, STEMI
HUBER, Ralph Lee	1889	1953	USA, America, American	Dentist	Huber-point Needle (1946) aka Tuohy Needle	Equipment, Needle, epidural anaesthesia, Non coring, hypodermic
TUOHY, Edward Boyce	1908	1959	USA, America, American	anaesthesiologist	Tuohy Needle (1946) aka Huber-Point Needle	Equipment, Needle, epidural anaesthesia, Non coring, hypodermic
FORDYCE, John Addison	1858	1925	USA, America, American	Dermatologist	Fox–Fordyce disease (1902)	papule, rash, chronic, hidradenitis, Apocrine miliaria
FOX, George Henry	1846	1937	USA, America, American	Dermatologist	Fox–Fordyce disease (1902)	Rash, papule, chronic, hidradenitis, Apocrine miliaria
CONNER, Lewis Atterbury	1867	1950	USA, America, American	Cardiologist	Conner sign (1926)	Pericarditis, Pericardial effusion
SPODICK, David H	1927		USA, America, American	Cardiologist	Spodick's sign (1974)	Pericarditis, ECG
STOKES, Sir William	1838	1900	Ireland, Irish, Gaeilge	Surgeon
STOKES, William	1804	1878	Ireland, Irish, Gaeilge	Physician	Stokes-Adams syndrome (Adams 1827; Stokes 1846) Cheyne-Stokes Respiration (Cheyne 1818; Stokes 1854)	Syncope, palpitations
CHEYNE, John	1777	1836	England, English, UK, British	Physician	Cheyne-Stokes Respiration (Cheyne 1818; Stokes 1854)
CHEYNE, John	1777	1836	England, English, UK, British	Physician	Cheyne-Stokes Respiration (Cheyne 1818; Stokes 1854)
ADAMS, Robert	1791	1875	Ireland, Irish, Gaeilge	Surgeon	Adams-Stokes syndrome (Adam 1827; Stokes 1846)	Syncope, palpitations
BIOT, Camille	1850	1918	France, French, français	Physician	Biot respiration (1876)	Ataxic breathing
KUSSMAUL, Adolf	1822	1902	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Physician	Kussmaul breathing (1874)
HEBRA, Ferdinand	1816	1880	Austria, Österreicher, Austrian	Dermatologist
SKODA, Jospeh	1805	1881	Czech, čeština, Tschechisch	Physician	Skodaic ressonance (1837)	Sign, Clinical, lung
ROKITANSKY, Karel Freiherr von	1804	1878	Czech, čeština, Tschechisch	Pathologist	Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster syndrome: (1838); Rokitansky disease (1842); Rokitansky-Maude Abbott syndrome (1875); Rokitansky syndrome	superior mesenteric artery syndrome, budd-chiari, cardiac anatomy,
EINTHOVEN, Willem	1860	1927	Dutch, Holland, Netherlands, Nederlands	Physician	Einthoven triangle, Einthoven law, Einthoven string galvanometer	ECG, Einthoven's triangle
DUPUYTREN, Guillaume	1777	1835	France, French, français	Surgeon	DUPUYTREN Contracture
BONNET, Amédée	1809	1858	France, French, français	Surgeon	Lachman Test (1976)	Knee exam. ACL, rupture
LAENNEC, René	1781	1826	France, French, français	Physician	Stethoscope (1816)	Equipment, stethoscope, cirrhosis, melanoma
OSLER, Sir William	1849	1919	Canada, Canadian, British	Physician	Oslerism; Osler Sign; Osler node;	Aequanimitas, quote
ROLANDO, Silvio	1873	1949	Italy, Italiano	Orthopaedic Surgeon	Rolando Fracture (1910)	Thumb, base metacarpal, fracture, three-part, tripartate, tri-partate, 3 part
SMITH, Robert William	1807	1873	Ireland, Irish, Gaeilge	Orthopaedic surgery	Smith fracture	wrist, fracture, distal radius
PHALEN, George S.	1911	1998	USA, America, American	Orthopedic Surgeon	Phalen test	Carpal Tunnel
TINEL, Jules	1879	1952	France, French, français	Neurologist	Hoffmann-Tinel sign (1915)	Carpal Tunnel
DURKAN, John A			USA, America, American	Orthopedic Surgeon	Durkan test (1991)	Carpal Tunnel
HOFFMANN, Paul	1884	1962	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Physiologist	Hoffmann-Tinel sign (1915)	Carpal Tunnel
HOFFMANN, Johann	1857	1919	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Neurologist	Hoffmann reflex (1911); Werdnig–Hoffmann syndrome	upper motor neuron lesion, reflex, spinal muscular atrophy type 1, hypotonia in infancy
KIRSCHNER, Martin	1879	1942	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Surgeon, anaesthetist	Kirschner Wire (K-wire)	Equipment
MORTON, Thomas George	1835	1903	USA, America, American	Surgeon	Morton Neuralgia; Morton Neuroma (1876)	Foot Pain neuroma, metatarsalgia
BÖHLER, Lorenz	1885	1973	Austria, Österreicher, Austrian	Physician, Surgeon	Boehler angle (1936)	Foot, calcaneum
SMITH-PETERSEN, Marius Nygaard	1886	1953	Norway, Norge, Norwegian	Orthopedic Surgeon	Smith-Peterson approach to the hip	Hip Equipment
THOMPSON, Frederick Roeck	1907	1983	USA, America, American	Orthopedic Surgeon	Thompson hip prosthesis	Hip Equipment
MOORE, Austin Talley	1899	1963	USA, America, American	Orthopedic Surgeon	Austin Moore hip Prosthesis (1942)	Hip Equipment
BARLOW, Thomas Geoffrey	1915	1975	England, English, UK, British	Orthopaedic Surgeon	Barlow maneuver (1962)	Hip Exam CDH. DDH, developmental dysplasia of the hip, congenital
ORTOLANI, Marino	1904	1983	Italian, Italy, italiano	Paediatrician	Ortolani test (1936)	Hip Exam CDH. DDH, congenital, developmental dysplasia of the hip
GALEAZZI, Riccardo	1866	1952	Italian, Italy, italiano	Surgeon	Galeazzi fracture (1934), Galeazzi Test (1935)	Forearm fracture dislocation, Hip Exam CDH. DDH
THROCKMORTON, Tom Bentley	1885	1961	USA, America, American	Radiology	Throckmorton Sign (John Thomas Sign)	Hip fracture, penis points to pathology
CHARNLEY, John	1911	1982	England, English, UK, British	Orthopedic Surgeon	Charnley prosthesis	Hip prosthesis, equipment
NÉLATON, Auguste	1807	1873	France, French, français	Physician	Roser-Nélaton line	Hip
ROSER, Wilhelm	1817	1888	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	ophthalmologist	Roser-Nélaton line (1845)	Hip
HOLSTEIN, Arthur	1914	2000	USA, America, American	Orthopedic Surgeon	Holstein–Lewis fracture (1963)	Humerus Distal 1/3 radial nerve palsy
BAKER, William Morrant	1839	1896	England, English, UK, British	General Surgeon	Baker cyst (1877)	Knee cyst
DUVERNEY, Guichard Joseph	1648	1730	France, French, français	Otologist	Duverney fracture (1751)	Pelvis, iliac wing, fracture
NEER II, Charles Sumner	1917	2011	USA, America, American	Orthopedic Surgeon	Neer classification proximal humeral fractures (1970)	Shoulder, head of humerus
BROCA, Auguste	1859	1924	France, French, français	Orthopaedic Surgeon	Bankart lesion (1890)	Shoulder Operation
MILCH, Henry	1895	1964	USA, America, American	Orthopedic Surgeon	Milch shoulder reduction (1938)	Shoulder, Dislocation, Relocation
JEFFERSON, Geoffrey	1886	1961	England, English, UK, British	Neurosurgeon	Jefferson Fracture (1920)	Spine Cervical, fracture, atlas, C1, axial load,
SPURLING, Roy Glenwood	1894	1968	USA, America, American	Orthopedic Surgeon	Spurling's manoeuvre (1944)	Spine Cervical, radiculopathy
CHANCE, George Quentin	1904		England, English, UK, British	Radiology	Chance fracture (1948)	Spine Lumbar Fracture
HILDEN, Wilhelm Fabricius von (William Fabry)	1560	1634	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Neurosurgeon
VOLKMANN, Richard von	1830	1889	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Surgeon	Volkmann contracture
COOPER, Sir Astley Paston	1768	1841	England, English, UK, British	Surgeon	Coopers ligament
HOLDSWORTH, Frank Wild	1904	1969	England, English, UK, British	Orthopaedic Surgeon	Holdsworth fracture (1963)
KAUSCH, Walther	1867	1928	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Surgeon	Whipple procedure (1907)	Whipple procedure, pancreas
HARTMANN, Henri Albert	1860	1952	France, French, français	Surgeon	Hartmann procedure (1921), Hartmann pouch	Colon, colorectal
HARTMANN, Alexis Frank	1898	1964	USA, America, American	pediatrician and biochemist	Hartmann solution (1932)	compound sodium lactate, sodium lactate solution, Ringer-Locke’s solution, Ringer-lactate, lactated Ringer’s solution (LRS)
RINGER, Sidney	1835	1910	England, English, UK, British	clinician	Ringers solution (1882)	Fluids, compound sodium lactate, sodium lactate solution, Ringer-Locke’s solution, Ringer-lactate, lactated Ringer’s solution (LRS)
CODIVILLA, Alessandro	1861	1912	Italian, Italy, italiano	Surgeon	Whipple procedure (1898)	Whipple procedure, pancreas
CURTIS, Arthur Hale	1881	1955	USA, America, American	gynecologist	Fitz-Hugh Curtis Syndrome (1930)	STI, RUQ pain, perihepatitic, salpingitis, PID, Chlamydia, Neisseria
FITZ-HUGH, Thomas	1894	1963	USA, America, American	surgeon	Fitz-Hugh Curtis Syndrome (1934)	STI, RUQ pain, perihepatitic, salpingitis, PID, Chlamydia, Neisseria
HIRSCHSPRUNG, Harald	1830	1916	Danish, Denmark, Dansk	Paediatrician	Hirschsprung disease (1886)	aganglionosis, distal colon, functional obstruction, developmental disorder, colon
NISSEN, Rudolph	1896	1981	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Surgeon	Nissen fundoplication
RAMSTEDT, Conrad	1867	1963	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Surgeon	RAMSTEDT Pylorotomy (1912)	RAMSTEDT Pylorotomy, hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, pylorus, pediatric, paediatric, projectile vomit, Sir Harold Stiles, Rammstedt
LADD, William Edwards	1880	1967	USA, America, American	Ladd's bands	Ladd's bands, Ladd’s operation, Ladd-Gross syndrome, Ladd’s syndrome (1932)	pediatric, paediatric, surgery
WILMS, Max	1867	1918	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Surgeon	Wilms Tumour (1899)	kidney, tumour, tumor, nephroblastoma
BOCHDALEK, Vincent Alexander	1801	1883	Czech, čeština, Tschechisch	Anatomist	Bochdalek hernia (1848); Bochdalek foramen; Bochdalek cyst; Bochdalek basket	hernia
MECKEL, Johann Friedrich (the younger)	1781	1833	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Anatomist	Meckel Diverticulum (1809); Meckel cartilage; Meckel syndrome; Meckel-Serres Conception of Recapitulation (1808)
MORGAGNI, Giovanni Battista	1682	1771	Italian, Italy, italiano	Physician	Morgagni hernia
SPIEGEL, Adriaan van den	1578	1625	Flemish	Anatomist	Spigelian hernia; Spiegelian fascia; Spigelian line; Spiegel lobe
FALLOPPIO, Gabriele	1523	1562	Italian, Italy, italiano	Physician	Fallopian tube (1562)	uteri tuba, tube, tubes, Fallopian, Fallopio, condom, cava tympani, stapes, placenta, fimbriae, cervix
WHIPPLE, Allen Oldfather	1881	1963	USA, America, American	Surgeon	Whipple procedure (1934); Whipple triad (1938)	Whipple procedure, Whipple triad, insulinoma
WHIPPLE, Georges Hoyt	1878	1976	USA, America, American	Pathologist	Whipple disease (1907)	Whipple disease, iron, liver, anaemia, Tropheryma whipplei, lymphostasis
ARNOLD, Julius	1835	1915	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Pathologist	Arnold-Chiari malformation (1907)
CHIARI, Hans	1851	1916	Austria, Österreicher, Austrian	Pathologist	Budd–Chiari syndrome (1899)
BUDD, George	1808	1882	England, English, UK, British	Physician	Budd–Chiari syndrome (1845)	Vascular compression, Liver
ROVSING, Niels Thorkild	1862	1927	Danish, Denmark, Dansk	Surgeon, surgery	Rovsing sign (1907); Rovsing Operation; Rovsing Syndrome;	Appendicitis, perman, appendicectomy, trans gender, transgender, Male to female sex reassignment surgery
MCBURNEY, Charles Heber	1845	1913	USA, America, American	Surgeon	McBurney’s point (McBurney’s sign) (1889); McBurney’s Incision (1894)	Appendicitis, appendix, anatomy
ARAPOV, Dmitry Alekseevich	1897	1984	Russia, Russian, Россия	Surgeon	Arapov contracture (1968)	Дмитрий Алексеевич Арапов, appendicitis, contracture
SITKOVSKIY, Pyotr Porfiryevich	1882	1933	Russia, Russian, Россия	Surgeon	Sitkovskiy Sign (1922)	Петр Порфирьевич Ситковский, Appendicitis
VOLKOVICH, Nikolay Markianovich	1858	1928	Russia, Russian, Россия	Surgeon	Volkovich-Kocher sign (1926); McBurney's point (1898)	Николай Маркианович Волкович, Appendicitis
SAINT, Charles Frederick Morris	1886	1973	South African, South Africa	Surgeon	Saint Triad	hiatus hiatal hernia, gallbladder disease, diverticulosis
LERICHE, René	1879	1955	France, French, français	Surgeon	Leriche operation (1913); Leriche syndrome (1940)
MÉNÉTRIER, Pierre Eugène	1859	1935	France, French, français	Surgeon, pathologist	Ménétrier disease (1888)
WELLS, Philip Steven			Canada, Canadian	Physician	Wells scores DVT (2001); Wells scores PE (2003)	PE, DVT, xcriteria, score, algorithm, investigations, thromboembolism
MONDINI, Carlo	1729	1803	Italian, Italy, italiano	Anatomist	Mondini Deformity	Deafness, cochlea, congenital
KANEKO, Ziro	1915	1997	Japanese. Japan, 日本語	Neuropsychiatrist	Doppler flowmeter (1960)	Radiology, Ultrasound, Doppler flowmeter
SATOMURA, Shigeo	1919	1960	Japanese. Japan, 日本語	Scientist	Doppler Cardiograph, blood-rheograph and trasncutaneous flowmeter	Radiology, Ultrasound, Doppler flowmeter, trasncutaneous flowmeter, Doppler Cardiograph
LUDWIG, Carl	1816	1895	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Physician	Kymograph	ECG, cardiac physiology
GALVANI, Luigi	1737	1798	Italian, Italy, italiano	Physician	Galvanometer and the Galvanic skin response Galvanic cell; Galvani potential; Galvanic corrosion; Galvanization	ECG
LEWIS, Thomas	1881	1945	Wales, Welsh, Cymru	Cardiology, Cardiologist	Lewis Lead (1913); Water-Hammer pulse (1933)	Lewis Lead, ECG, PQRST
FONTAINE, Guy Hughes	1936	2018	France, French, français	Cardiology, cardiologist	Fontaine leads; Epsilon wave and ARVD/C	ARVD, ARVC, epsilon wave, F-ECG, bipolar precordial leads, Fontaine leads, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
TIETZE, Alexander	1864	1927	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Surgeon	Tietze syndrome (1921)	Chest Pain, costochondritis, idiopathic
WALLENBERG, Adolf	1862	1949	Poland, Polish, Polskie	Neurologist	Wallenberg syndrome (1895); Wallenberg Tract (1896)	brainstem, infarct, lateral medullary syndrome, posterior inferior cerebellar artery PICA
WOOD, Alexander	1817	1884	Scottish, Scotland	physician	Hypodermic Syringe (1853)	Equipment, Needle
RYND, Francis	1801	1861	Ireland, Irish, Gaeilge	physician	Hypodermic Syringe (1844)	Equipment, Needle
WEGENER, Friedrich	1907	1990	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Pathologist	Wegener granulomatosis (1936)	Vasculitis, GPA, granulomatosis, polyangiitis, nazi
REITER, Hans	1881	1969	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Physician	Reiter syndrome (1916)	Reactive arthritis, nazi, Leptospira icterohaeinorrhagica, Weil disease
MACKENZIE, James	1853	1925	Scottish, Scotland	Cardiologist, GP	Mackenzie polygraph	Father British Cardiology, lie-detector, Mackenzie polygraph
WALDEYER, Wilhelm von	1836	1921	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Anatomist	Waldeyer tonsillar ring (1884)	chromosome, neuron theory, women in medicine, mysogenist, colonial medicine
CAPGRAS, Joseph	1873	1950	France, French, français	Psychiatrist	Capgras Syndrome (1923)	Delusion, delusional belief, imposter, Les Folies raisonnantes,
LYELL, Alan	1917	2007	Scottish, Scotland	Dermatologist	Lyell syndrome 1956 (aka: Toxic epidermal necrolysis)	toxic epidermal necrolysis, TEN
SHERREN, James	1872	1945	England, English, UK, British	Surgeon, surgery	Sherren Triangle (1903)	Appendicitis, hyperaesthesia
MARKLE IV, George Bushar	1921	1999	USA, America, American	Surgeon, surgery	Markle sign (1973)	Appendicitis, Markle Sign, Markle Test, Heel Drop Jarring Test
COPE, Vincent Zachary	1881	1974	England, English, UK, British	Surgeon, surgery	Cope obturator test (1919); Cope psoas test (1921)	Appendicitis, Cope Psoas test, obturator sign,
BLUMBERG, Jacob Moritz	1873	1955	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Surgeon	Blumberg sign (1907)	Appendicitis, rebound tenderness, appendix
AARON, Charles Dettie	1866	1951	USA, America, American	Gastroenterology	Aaron sign (1913)	Appendicitis, chronic, detroit, gastroenterology,
BASSLER, Anthony	1874	1959	USA, America, American	Gastroenterologist	Bassler sign (1913)	Appendicitis, chronic, pinch, pinching
ALVARADO, Alfredo			USA, America, American	Surgeon, surgery	Alvarado score (1986)	Appendicitis, score, grading, MANTRELS
MASSOUH, Farouk			England, English, UK, British	Surgeon, surgery	Massouh sign	Appendicitis
DUNPHY, John Englebert	1908	1981	USA, America, American	Surgeon, surgery	Dunphy sign (1953)	Appendicitis, cough test, coughing
LANDRY, Jean-Baptiste Octave	1826	1865	France, French, français	Neurologist	Guillain-Barré syndrome (1859)	ascending paralysis, GBS, Guillain-Barré syndrome, acute inflammatory paralytic neuropathy
STROHL, André	1887	1977	France, French, français	Neurologist	Guillain-Barré syndrome (1916)	GBS, Guillain-Barré syndrome, acute inflammatory paralytic neuropathy
FISHER, Charles Miller	1913	2012	Canada, Canadian	Neurologist	Miller Fisher syndrome (1956)	GBS, Guillain-Barré syndrome, acute inflammatory paralytic neuropathy
ROSENBACH, Ottomar	1851	1907	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Physician	Rosenbach sign (1878); Rosenbach-Semon Law (1880); Rosenbach test (1880)	aortic regurgitation, pulsatile liver, bile in urine, paralysis of extensor before flexor muscles
HILL, Leonard Erskine	1866	1952	England, English, UK, British	Physiologist	Hill's sign (1909)	aortic regurgitation, systolic pressure, popliteal-brachial gradient
BOZOLLO, Camillo	1845	1920	Italian, Italy, italiano	Physician	Bozzolo sign (1887); Kahler-Bozzolo disease (1897)
de VIEUSSENS, Raymond	1641	1715	France, French, français	Anatomist	Vieussens pulse (1715)	aortic regurgitation, insufficiency
CUMMING, Thomas	1798	1887	Northern Ireland, Norn Irish	Physician	Cuming sign (1822)	aortic regurgitation, AR, pulse, insufficiency,
CECIL, Arthur Bond	1885	1967	USA, America, American	Surgeon, urologist	Cole-Cecil murmur (1908); Cecil operation (1946); Cecil-Culp Operation (1966)	hypospadias, aortic regurgitation, AR, pulse, insufficiency, murmur, diastolic, axilla
LINCOLN, Abraham	1809	1865	USA, America, American	President	Lincoln sign (1863)	aortic regurgitation, popliteal artery
DRUMMOND, David	1852	1932	England, English, UK, British	Physician	Drummond sign (1908)	aortic aneurysm, Tracheal whiff, aortic insufficiency
GERHARDT, Carl	1833	1902	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Physician	Gerhardt sign (1882) [aka Sailer sign]	pulsatile spleen, lien verberans, aortic regurgitation, insufficiency
RYTAND, David Abramson	1909	1991	USA, America, American	Physician, cardiologist	Rytand murmur (1946); Rytand's law (1951)	Murmur, mid-diastolic murmur, blowing, AV block, atroventricular block
FORSSMANN, Werner	1904	1979	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	medicine, physician	Pulmonary artery (Swan-Ganz) catheter (1929)	cardiac cathetrization seldinger, pulmonary artery catheter, nobel prize, Equipment, vascular access, pulmonary artery catheter
COURNAND, André Frédéric	1895	1988	France, French, français	Physician	Pulmonary artery (Swan-Ganz) catheter	cardiac cathetrization seldinger, pulmonary artery catheter, nobel prize, Equipment, vascular access, pulmonary artery catheter
RICHARDS, Dickinson Woodruff	1895	1973	USA, America, American	physician	Pulmonary artery (Swan-Ganz) catheter	cardiac cathetrization seldinger, pulmonary artery catheter, nobel prize, Equipment, vascular access, pulmonary artery catheter
DENBOROUGH, Michael	1929	2014	Australia, Australian	Anaesthetist, anesthesiology	Maladie de Denborough; Malignant hyperthermia (1960); King-Denborough Syndrome (1970)	malignant hyperthermia, hyperpyrexia, anesthetic
BERMAN, Robert Alvin	1914	1999	USA, America, American	anesthesiologist	Berman Airway (1949); Berman Resuscitube; Berman Respir-Aider; Berman QuikCuff	OPA, oropharangeal, airway, anesthetic, translucent
HINGSON, Robert Andrew	1913	1996	USA, America, American		Hingson-Edwards needle;	Equipment, Needle, epidural anaesthesia, Non coring, hypodermic
WEISS, Jess Bernard	1917	2007	USA, America, American	anaesthesiologist	Weiss Epidural Needle	Equipment, Needle, epidural anaesthesia, Non coring, hypodermic
OVASSAPIAN, Andranik	1936	2010	USA, America, American	anaesthesiologist	Ovassapian Intubating Airway	Equipment, Airway, fibreoptic, OPA
CRAWFORD, Oral Bascom	1921	2008	USA, America, American	anesthesiologist	Crawford needle (1951)	Equipment, Needle, epidural anaesthesia, Non coring, hypodermic
BOYLE, Henry Edmund Gaskin	1875	1941	Barbadian, Barbados	Anaesthetist	Boyle Intratracheal ether apparatus (1912); Boyle machine (1919); Boyle-Davis gag (1922)	Equipment, airway, tonsillectomy, ether, nitrous
MALLAMPATI, Seshagiri Rao	1941		Indian, India	Anesthesiologist	Mallampati score (1985)	Score, airway, intubation, anesthetic, difficult, intubation
BRAIN, Archie Ian Jeremy	1942		England, English, UK, British	Anaesthetist	laryngeal mask (LMA™) (1983)	Equipment, Airway
HUSTEAD, Robert	1928	2008	USA, America, American	anesthesiologist	Hustead needle	Equipment, Needle, epidural anaesthesia, Non coring, hypodermic
WHITACRE, Roland John	1909	1956	USA, America, American	anesthesiologist	Whitacre needle	Equipment, Needle
AYRE, Thomas Philip	1901	1979	England, English, UK, British	Anaesthetist	Ayre T-piece breathing system (1937)	Equipment, Airway, t-piece, pediatrics
MILLER, Robert Arden	1906	1976	USA, America, American	Anesthesiologist	Miller Laryngoscope (1941)	Equipment, laryngoscope, straight, pediatric anesthesia,
CHAUSSIER, Francois	1746	1828	France, French, français	physiican, anatomist	Le tube laryngien de Chaussier (1806)	Equipment, endotracheal tube, ETT, neonatal resuscitation
MURPHY, Francis John	1900	1972	USA, America, American	anesthesiologist	Murphy eye ETT (1941)	Equipment, endotracheal tube, ETT, eye
ROTH, Moritz	1839	1914	Swiss, schweizerisch, Switzerland	pathologist	Roth Spots (1872)	endocarditis, ophthalmology
JANEWAY, Edward Gamaliel	1841	1911	USA, America, American	Physician, pathologist	Janeway lesion (1899)	endocarditis
LÜER, Hermann Adolph Wülfing	1836	1910	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Manufacturer	Luer Syringe	Jeanne Amélie Lüer, syringe, equipment,
MURPHY, John Benjamin	1857	1916	USA, America, American	Surgeon	Murphy Sign (1894); Murphy’s Punch Test; Murphy’s sequence; Murphy Button; Murphy’s Drip; Murphy’s Triad	RUQ Pain, gallbladder, cholecystitis, biliary colic, renal colic, pyelonephritis, Anastomosis,
EGER II, Edmond I	1930	2017	USA, America, American	anesthesiologist	Minimal alveolar concentration (MAC)	Physiology
FALRET, Jules Phillipe	1824	1902	France, French, français	Psychiatrist	Lasègue-Falret syndrome (1877)	folie a deux
FALRET, Jean Pierre	1794	1870	France, French, français	Psychiatrist	Falret syndrome (1854)	manic depression, bipolar
GANSER, Sigbert Josef Maria	1853	1931	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Psychiatrist	Ganser Syndrome (1898)
SYME, James	1799	1870	Scottish, Scotland	General surgeon	Syme foot amputation	Foot amputation, aseptic technique, oesophagectomy, urethral stricture, rectum
MÜLLER, Walther	1888	1949	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Orthopedic surgeon	Mueller–Weiss syndrome (1927)	Foot, avascular necrosis, osteonecorsis, navicular bone, foot, spontaneous, adult
WEISS, Konrad	1891	1976	Austria, Österreicher, Austrian	Radiologist	Mueller–Weiss syndrome (1927)	Foot, avascular necrosis, osteonecorsis, navicular bone, foot, spontaneous, adult
BRAILSFORD, James Frederick	1888	1961	England, English, UK, British	Radiologist	Brailsford disease (1939)	Foot, avascular necrosis, osteonecorsis, navicular bone, foot, spontaneous, adult
CERADINI, Giulio	1844	1894	Italian, Italy, italiano	Physiologist, engineer	Bozzolo sign (1887); Block-Sistema Automatico; semilunar valve closure (1872)	engineer
PINS, Emil	1845	1913	Austria, Österreicher, Austrian	Physician	Pins Sign (1889), Pins Sign II (1889); Pins musical heart murmur (1890)	Pinsschen Zeichen, Mediastinalgeräusch, Pericardial Effusion, squatting, Knie-Ellbogenlage, genu-pectorale, Knee-chest position, pericardial effusion
HOWSHIP, John	1781	1841	England, English, UK, British	surgeon	Howship-Romberg sign (1840); Howship lacunae;	illustration, obturator, hernia, neuralgia, GFS, osteoclasts, growing skull fracture, Pettigrew
BRYAN, Williams McIver Jr	1917	2007	USA, America, American	Obstetrics, Gynecology	Bryan sign (1955)	pregnancy, gravid, appendicitis, clinical sign
DIX, Margaret Ruth	1902	1991	USA, America, American	Neurologist	Dix–Hallpike test (1952)	Elicitation of extreme vertigo upon lateral movement of a patient's head when lying in a supine position
NITABUCH, Raissa	1859		Russia, Russian, Россия	Physician, anatomist, pathologist	Nitabuch membrane (1887)	placenta, fibrinoid layer,
PURKINJE, Jan Evangelista	1787	1869	Czech, čeština, Tschechisch	Anatomist, Physiologist	Purkinje fibres (1845)	cardiology, anatomy,
ASCHOFF, Ludwig	1866	1942	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Pathologist, physician	Aschoff bodies (1904); Rokitansky-Aschoff Sinuses (1905); Aschoff-Tawara node (1906)	gallbladder, adenomyositis, cardiology, anatomy, AV node
TAWARA, Sunao	1873	1956	Japanese. Japan, 日本語	Pathologist, physician	Tawara node (1906)	cardiology, anatomy, AV node, atrioventricular,
LANGHANS, Theodor	1839	1915	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Pathologist	Langhans giant cells (1868); layer of Langhans; Langhans fibrinoid
WINTERHALTER, Elisabeth	1856	1952	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	neuroanatomist, physician, feminist	Winterhalter's ganglia (1896)	ovary, ganglion, ganglia, autonomic,
SCHACHOWA, Seraphima	1854		Russia, Russian, Россия	histologist	Schachowa spiral tubes (1876)	tubuli renales
MERRITT, Katharine Krom	1886	1986	USA, America, American	pediatrician, physician	Kasabach–Merritt syndrome (1940)	thrombopenic purpura, hemangioma
ABBOTT, Maude Elizabeth	1869	1940	Canada, Canadian	Pathology, pathologist	Rokitansky-Maude Abbott syndrome (1924)	ostium primum, mitral valve, congenital cardiac disease
POTTER, Edith Louise	1901	1993	USA, America, American	pediatric, pathologist	Potter syndrome (1946); Potter facies; Potter sequence; Potter classification of polycystic kidney disease (1964)	facies, syndrome, oligohydramnios, renal agensis
BOIVIN, Marie Anne Victoire	1773	1841	France, French, français	midwife	Bivalve Vaginal Speculum (1825); Boivin Intropelvimeter	midwife, speculum
GASKIN, Ina Mae	1940		USA, America, American	Midwife	Gaskin (all fours) manoeuvre (1976)	Midwife, birth, all 4's, fours, shoulder dystocia
STRAUSS, Lotte	1913	1985	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Pathologist	Churg–Strauss syndrome (1951)	Vasculitis, Eosinphilia, Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, EGPA
LOUIS-BAR, Denise	1914	1999	Belgium, Belgique, België, Belgien, Flemish	Neuropathologist	Louis-Bar syndrome (1941)	ataxia telangiectasia
CURTH, Helene Ollendorff	1899	1982	Germany, Deutschland	dermatologist	Curth-Macklin syndrome (1954); Ollendorf probe sign (1923); Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome (1928); Curth’s criteria for the diagnosis of cutaneous paraneoplastic syndromes (1976)
MACKLIN, Madge Thurlow	1893	1962	USA, America, American	geneticist	Curth-Macklin syndrome (1954)	eugenics, canada, icthyosis, IHCM,
WALKER, Mary Broadfoot	1888	1974	Scottish, Scotland	Physician	Mary Walker Effect (1934)	physostigmine, neostigmine, prostigmin, Myasthenia Gravis,
WYNNE-DAVIES, Ruth	1926	2012	England, English, UK, British	orthopaedic, genetic	Wynne Davies Ligamentous Laxity (1970)	genetics, scoliosis,
FREY-GOTTESMAN, Lucja	1889	1942	Poland, Polska	Physician	Frey syndrome (1923)	hyperhidrosis, lemon, auriculotemporal syndrome, parotid gland, gun shot wound, jewish, concentration camp, ghetto
HURLER, Gertrud	1889	1965	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Paediatrician	Hurler syndrome (1920); Hurler-Scheie syndrome (1962)	MPS, gargoyle, gargoylism, Mucopolysaccharidosis, MPS 1, MPS 1-H,
FLOURENS, Jean Pierre Marie	1794	1867	France, French, français	Physiology	Flourens Field Theory	pigeon, cerebellum, semi-circular canals
EDWARDS, John Hilton	1928	2007	England, English, UK, British	geneticist	Edwards syndrome (1960)	trisomy 18, trisomy 17, patau, genetics, congenital defect, birth
PATAU, Klaus	1908	1975	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	cytogenetecist	Patau syndrome (1960)	bartholin, monster, trisomy 13, 17, 18
ULLRICH, Otto	1894	1957	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	pediatrician	Ullrich-Turner syndrome (1930); Bonnevie-Ullrich syndrome (1936); Ullrich syndrome (1930)
BONNEVIE, Kristine Elisabeth Heuch	1872	1948	Norway, Norge, Norwegian	Biologist, geneticist, zoologist	Bonnevie-Ullrich syndrome (1934, 1936)	zoology, house mouse, micro bleb, polydactyly
NOONAN, Jacqueline Anne	1921		USA, America, American	pediatrician, cardiologist	Noonan syndrome (1968)
CANAVAN, Myrtelle May	1879	1953	USA, America, American	Neuropathologist	Canavan disease (1931)	spongy
KOBYLINKSI, Oskar	1856	1926	Poland, Polish, Polskie	General practitioner	Noonan syndrome (1883)	baltic, polish, German, GP, web neck
DABSKA, Maria Magdalena	1921	2014	Poland, Polish, Polskie, Polska	pathology, pathologist, oncologist	Dąbska tumor (1969)	Parachordoma, surgical pathology,
LÉVY, Gabrielle	1886	1935	France, French, français	Neurologist	Roussy-Lévy syndrome (1926), Lhermitte-Lévy syndrome (1931)
LHERMITTE, Jacques Jean	1877	1979	France, French, français	neurologist and neuropsychiatrist	Lhermitte sign (1924, 1927), Lejonne-Lhermitte disease (1909), Lhermitte-Cornil-Quesnel syndrome (1920), Lhermitte-Duclos disease (1920), Lhermitte-McAlpine syndrome (1926), Lhermitte syndrome (1922), Lhermitte-Lévy syndrome (1931)
ROUSSY, Gustave	1874	1978	Swiss, schweizerisch, Switzerland, France, French, français	neuropathologist	Darier-Roussy sarcoid (1904), Déjérine-Roussy syndrome (1906), Roussy-Lévy syndrome (1926), Roussy-Cornil syndrome (1919)
SCHACHENMANN, Gertrud Dina	1910	1997	Swiss, schweizerisch, Switzerland,	Pediatrician	Smith-Theiler-Schachenmann syndrome (1966)	rib widening, microganthia
KLEEFSTRA, Tjitske	1970		Dutch, Holland, Netherlands, Nederlands	clinical genetics, geneticist	Kleefstra syndrome (2006)	Kleefstras syndrom, 9q subtelomere deletion syndrome (9qSTDS), EHMT1, haploinsufficiency
SYBERT, Virginia			USA, America, American	medical genetics, dermatology, pediatrics	Palmoplantar keratoderma (PPK) of Sybert (1988)
SYBERT, Virginia			USA, America, American	medical genetics, dermatology, pediatrics	Palmoplantar keratoderma (PPK) of Sybert (1988)
ESTERLY, Nancy Burton	1935	2017	USA, America, American	Paediatrics, dermatology	Esterly-McKusick syndrome (1971)	stiff skin syndrome
ESTERLY, Nancy Burton	1935	2017	USA, America, American	Paediatrics, dermatology	Esterly-McKusick syndrome (1971)	stiff skin syndrome
BLACKWELL, Elizabeth	1821	1910	England, English, UK, British	Physician	Elizabeth Blackwell Award; National Women Physicians Day	Female Physician
GARRETT ANDERSON, Elizabeth	1836	1917	England, English, UK, British	Physician		first female physician in the UK
HORAN, Margaret Burton	1909	2004	Australia	pediatric, paediatrician	Nance-Horan syndrome (1974)	cataracts-oto-dental, syndrome, X-linked cataract-dental syndrome, X-linked, congenital cataracts and microcornea, Hutchinson
KLUMPKE, Augusta	1859	1927	USA, America, American	Neurologist	Klumpke palsy (1885)	brachial, plexus, mother,
WELANDER, Lisa	1909	2001	Sweden, Swedish, svenska	Neurologist	Welander distal myopathy (1951); Kugelberg-Welander syndrome (1956)
ANDERSEN, Dorothy Hansine	1901	1963	USA, America, American	Paediatrician, pediatrics	Andersen disease (1956); Cystic fibrosis of the pancreas (1938)	Glycogen storage disease type IV, cystic fibrosis of the pancreas, sweat test, trypsin
DUBOWITZ, Lilly	1930	2016	Hungary, Hungarian, Magyar	paediatrics, pediatric, neurology	Dubowitz Score (1970), Dubowitz neurology examination (1980)	neonatology, neurological exam, tone, power, pre-term, full-term, Sebők
JOHANSON, Ann J	1934	2020	USA, America, American	Paediatric endocrinologist	Johanson-Blizzard syndrome (1971)	short stature, growth hormone, Turner,
LøKEN, Aagot Christie	1911	2007	Norway, Norge, Norwegian	Neuropathologist	Senior-Løken syndrome (1961)
CANALE, Virginia Claire	1936	2005	USA, America, American	pediatric Haematologist	Canale-Smith syndrome (1967)	Chronic lymphadenopathy simulating malignant lymphoma
KAVEGGIA, Elizabeth Gathy	1926	2014	Hungary, Hungarian, Magyar	Paediatrician, geneticist	Optiz-Kaveggia syndrome (1974) [FG Syndrome], Kaveggia syndrome (1975)	rain man, dustin hoffman, vermis
BABER, Margaret Doreen	1910	1997	Wales, Welsh, Cymru	paediatrician, pediatric	Baber syndrome (1956)	cirrhosis, amino-aciduria, Fanconi
HOLT, Mary Clayton	1924	1993	England, English, UK, British	physician, cardiology	Holt-Oram syndrome (1960)	cardiac rehabilitation, ASD, hand malformations, triphalangeal,
SAKATI, Nadia Awni	1938		Syrian, Saudi	pediatrician	Sakati-Nyhan-Tisdale syndrome (1971); Woodhouse–Sakati syndrome (1983); Sanjad-Sakati syndrome (1991)	congenital, genetics, inbred
ANSELL, Barbara Mary	1923	2001	England, English, UK, British	Paediatric rheumatologist	Ansell-Bywaters-Elderking syndrome (1975)	CINCA, NOMID, arthritis, pediatric, rhematology
BARTHEL, Dorothy W	1911	2003	USA, America, American	Physio, physical therapist	Barthel index (1965)	geriatrics, stroke,
WATERLOW, Judy A	1933		England, English, UK, British	Nurse, nursing,	Waterlow score (1985)	pressure sore
BERG, Katherine O			Canada, Canadian	Physio, physical therapy	Berg Balance Scale (1989)	frailty, balance
NEILL, Catherine A	1921	2006	England, English, UK, British	cardiologist, paediatrician, pediatrics	Neill-Dingwall syndrome (1950), Scimtar syndrome (1960)	scimitar, Cockayne, progeria, pulmonary hypoplasia and partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR)
ILLIG, Ruth	1924	2017	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	pediatric endocrinologist	Illig syndrome (1970)
BIANCO-SILVERSTRONI, Ida	1917	2006	Italy, Italia	Physician, hematologist	Silvestroni-Bianco anaemia (1948)	thalassemia, hematology, Italy
MANN, Ida Caroline	1893	1983	England, English, UK, British	ophthalmologist, ophthalmic surgeon,	Mann classification of coloboma (1937)	Australia, Perth, slit lamp, Dame, mustard gas, trachoma,
AL-GAZALI, Lihadh			Iraq, UAE, Arab	genetics, research, pediatric, paediatric	Al Gazali Syndrome (1994); Al-Gazali-Bakalinova syndrome (1998)
NELSON, Matilda Mary	1930	2010	England, English, UK, British, south african, south africa	Geneticist, human genetics	Emery-Nelson syndrome (1970)
REED, Dorothy Mabel	1874	1964	USA, America, American	pathology, pediatric, public health	Reed-Sternberg cells (1902)	sternberg, hodgkin, lymphoma, milk, Madison, wisconsin, Mendenhall,
OPPENHEIMER, Ella Hutzler	1897	1981	USA, America, American	Pathologist	Landing-Oppenheimer syndrome (1957)	Ceroid storage disease in childhood, lipidoses
NOACK, Margot	1909		German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	orthopedic, pediatric	Noack syndrome (1959)	Apert, Pfeiffer, Oegg, acrocephalosyndactyly
GOUTIERES, Francoise			France, French, français	neurologist, pediatric	Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome (1984)
TOLKSDORF, Marlis			German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Paediatrician, pediatrics, cytogenetics	Wiedemann-Tolksdorf syndrome (1973)
ANDERSEN, Ellen Damgaard			Denmark, Danmark	Physician	Andersen syndrome, Andersen-Tawil syndrome (1971)
SCHNITZLER, Lilane	1938		France, French, français	dermatologist	Schnitzler syndrome (1972)
BLOOMBERG, Esther Lillian	1907		USA, America, American		Albright-Butler-Bloomberg disease (1937)	chemist, technician
DIESENDRUCK, Judith Abarbanel	1920	2007	Russian born, USA, America, American	Bacteriologist	Nelson-Diesendruck basal medium (1952)	Jewish, Zionist, Pioneer Women, American Professors for peace in the Middle East
HARPER, Rita Gilman	1934		USA, America, American	Physician	Harper syndrome (1967)	Seckel syndrome, bird-headed
CHRISTOL, Bernadette	1934	2011	France, French, français	dermatologist	Bazex-Dupré-Christol syndrome (1964)	JALBY, X-linked, congenital hypotrichosis, follicular atrophoderma, basal cell neoplasms
SAKURAI (Kitagawa), Tsuya	1911	1995	Japanese. Japan, 日本語	physician, ophthalmologist	Sakurai-Lisch nodules (1935)
HECHT, Jacqueline Tauber			USA, America, American	Geneticist and paediatrician	Hecht-Scott syndrome (1981)	FACTO, dwarfism, Fibular aplasia-tibial campomelia-oligosyndactyly
DE BARSY, Anne-Marie	1939		Belgium, Belgique, België, Belgien, Flemish	neurologist	de Barsy syndrome (1938)
HERTWIG, Paula	1889	1983	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Biologist	Hertwig-Weyers syndrome (1942)
MYHRE, Selma Ann	1937	2012	USA, America, American	pediatric, pathology, Geneticist	Mhyre syndrome (1981)	Hageman
WARBURG, Mette	1926	2015	Danish, Denmark, Dansk	ophthalmologist	Walker-Warburg syndrome (1971)
DEES, Susan C	1909	2001	USA, America, American	Paediatrician	Aldrich-Dees syndrome (Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome)	asthma, allergy,
SMITH, Ann C. M.	1951		USA, America, American	genetic counselor, geneticist	Smith-Magenis syndrome (1986)	morrison, chisholm,
MAGENIS, Ruth Ellen	1925	2014	USA, America, American	Geneticist, pediatrician, paediatrician	Smith-Magenis syndrome (1986)	chromosome 15, angelman, prader-willi, 7 children,
DUDLEY, Florence Chisholm	1902	1962	USA, America, American	assistant in medical genetics	Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome (1943)
FORBES, Anne Pappenheimer	1911	1992	USA, America, American	Physician, endocrinologist	Forbes-Albright syndrome (1954)	galactorrhea-amenorrhea caused by a chromophobe prolactin-producing adenoma of the pituitary
HALL, Judith Goslin	1939		USA, America, American	Geneticist and paediatrician	Hall-Pallister syndrome (1980), Hall type of pseudoachondroplasia	achondroplasia
LYON, Mary Frances	1925	2014	England, English, UK, British	Cytogeneticist	Lyon hypothesis (1961), Lyonisation (1963)
BELL, Julia	1879	1979	England, English, UK, British	Physician	Martin-Bell syndrome (1943)
WOLCOTT, Carol Nancy Dettman	1941	1994	USA, America, American	Paediatrician, pediatrics	Wolcott-Rallison syndrome (1972)	IDDM, Early-onset diabetes mellitus with multiple epiphyseal dysplasia
FOWLER, Clare Juliet	1950		England, English, UK, British	urologist, neuro-urologist	Fowler syndrome (1985)
LARSEN, Ingegerd Frøyshov	1937		Norway, Norge, Norwegian	Physician	Hansen-Larsen-Berg syndrome (1976)	total color blindness, progressive cone dystrophy, degenerative liver disease, endocrine dysfunction, Retinohepatoendocrinologic
IMERSLUND, Olga	1907	1987	Norway, Norge, Norwegian	Paediatrician	Imerslund-Gräsbeck syndrome (1960)	Juvenile megaloblastic anaemia, Megaloblastic anaemia 1 (MGA 1), Imerslund anaemia, Selective vitamin B12 (cobalamin) malabsorption with proteinuria
TORIELLO, Helga V.	1952		USA, America	genetics, geneticist	Toriello‐Carey syndrome (1988)	Corpus callosum agenesis facial anomalies Robin sequence; Corpus callosum agenesis-blepharophimosis-Robin sequence syndrome; Agenesis of corpus callosum
YOUNG, Freida	1910	2004	England, English, UK, British	Pathology, pathologist	Dyke-Young anaemia (1938)
DRAVET, Charlottte	1936		France, French, français	Psychiatrist, Epileptologist	Dravet syndrome (1982)	severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy SMEI
LAXOVA, Renata	1931		Czech, čeština, Tschechisch	Paediatric geneticist	Neu-Laxová syndrome (1971)	holocaust, nicholas winton, Polgar, PHGDH, ichthyosis, marked intrauterine growth restriction, microcephaly, short neck, central nervous system anomalies, lissencephaly
VAN LOHUIZEN, Cato H J	1893	1937	Dutch, Holland, Netherlands, Nederlands	pediatric paediatrician	Van Lohuizen syndrome (1922)	Cutis Marmorata Telangiectatica Congenita (CMTC)
OPITZ, John M	1935		German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland, USA, America, American	pediatrician, geneticist	Herrmann-Opitz syndrome (1969); Opitz-Kaveggia syndrome (1974); Opitz N syndrome; Opitz GBBB syndrome; Opitz trigonocephaly (C) syndrome;
WILLIAMS, Anna Wessels	1963	1954	USA, America, American	bacteriologist, immunologist	Park-Williams bacillus (1894); Williams stain (1905); Park-Williams fixative	trachoma, rabies, diphtheria, antitoxin
WHITE, Priscilla	1900	1989	USA, America, American	physician, obstetrical physician	White Classification of Diabetes in Pregnancy (1949)	diabetes, gestational, pregnancy, fetal mortality, maternal mortality, foetal mortality, pre-gestational, pregestational,
FINK, Bernard Raymond	1914	2000	English, Belgian, USA, America, American	anesthetic, anesthesiology	Fink effect (1955); Fink Non-rebreathing Valve (1954); Fink Laryngoscope Blade (1958)	Physiology
CORNING, James Leonard	1855	1923	USA, America, American	Neurology, neurologist	Bier Block (1885); spinal block (1885); Corning tourniquet; Corning clamp	epidural
HOLMES, Charles McKinnon	1935	2020	New Zealand, NZ, kiwi, New Zealander	Anaesthetist	Bier Block (1963)
VOGT, Cécile	1875	1962	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	neuropathologist	Vogt-Vogt syndrome
BEIGHTON, Greta	1939	2017	England, English, UK, British, South Africa	nursing, genetics, history	Beighton Score	genetics, ortho, ehlers, south africa, nursing
PAGON, Roberta Anderson	1945		USA, America, American	Paediatrician, pediatrics, genetics	Pagon syndrome (1985)
LANCEFIELD, Rebecca Craighill	1895	1981	USA, America, American	Bacteriologist	Lancefield classification, Lancefield method (1928)	BHS, hemolytic, haemolytic, strep
HESS Jr, Robert McDonald	1931	2019	USA, America, American	Neurosurgeon	Hunt-Hess scale	mortality, aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage
STRÜMPELL, Adolf	1853	1925	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Neurologist	Strümpell sign; Strumpell-Lorrain Disease (1880); Marie-Strümpell Disease (1884); Westphal-Strümpell Pseudosclerosis (1897);
WESTPHAL, Karl Friedrich Otto	1883	1890	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Neurologist	Edinger-Westphal nucleus; Westphal-Strümpell Pseudosclerosis (1883); Westphal-Leyden syndrome; Erb–Westphal symptom; Westphal syndrome
BLEASE, John	1906	1985	England, English, UK, British	inventor	Blease-Manley ventilator; Alfo-Blease anaesthetic machine; Blease ‘Pulmoflator’	Equipment, ventilator
ENGSTRÖM, Carl-Gunnar	1912	1987	Sweden, Swedish, svenska	anaesthetist, physician	Engström respirator (1953)	ventilator, respirator
CORMACK, Ronald Sidney	1930		England, English, UK, British	anesthetist, anaesthetist, anesthesiologist, anaesthesiologist	Cormack-Lehane score (1984)	Score, DAS Medal, Macewan medal, laryngoscopy, difficult airway, airway grades
OBRAZTSOV, Vasily Parmenovich	1849	1920	Russia, Russian, Россия	Physician	Obraztsova sign (Симптом Образцова)	Appendicitis, Cope Psoas test
ALDRICH, Charles John	1861	1908	USA, America, American	physician, neurologist	Mees lines (1904)	hysteria, meed slines, arsenic, Leuconychia striata arsenicalis transversus
LODER, Halsey Beach	1883	1966	USA, America, American	orthopedic, surgeon	Cotton-Loder position	distal radius, colles, pop, plaster cast, bone-setting
LEWANDOWSKY, Felix	1879	1921	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Dermatologist	Jadassohn-Lewandowsky syndrome, Lewandowsky-Lutz dysplasia	pachyonychia congenita
JADASSOHN, Josef	1863	1936	German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland	Dermatologist	Jadassohn-Lewandowsky syndrome, Borst-Jadassohn (épithélioma de), Jadassohn-Tièche blue naevus
NIKOLSKY, Pyotr Vasilyevich	1858	1940	Russia, Russian, Россия	Dermatologist	Nikolsky sign	skin, bullous disease, pemphigus, pemphogoid, TEN, SJS
ASBOE-HANSEN, Gustav	1917	1989	Danish, Denmark, Dansk	Dermatologist	Asboe-Hansen sign, Asboe-Hansen disease	skin, bullous disease, pemphigus, pemphogoid, TEN, SJS
LUTZ, Wilhelm	1888	1958	Swiss, Swtizerland, Suisse, Schweizerisch	Dermatologist	Lewandowsky-Lutz dysplasia, Lutz-Miescher syndrome, Lutz sign	skin, bullous disease, pemphigus, pemphogoid, TEN, SJS
SHEKLAKOV, Nikolay	1918	1989	Russia, Russian, Россия	Dermatologist	Sheklakov sign (1965)	skin, bullous disease, pemphigus, pemphogoid, TEN, SJS
BAZIN, Pierre-Antoine-Ernest	1807	1878	France, French, français	Physician	Bazin disease, Alibert-Bazin syndrome	mycosis fungoides, erythema induratum
BENNET, V. Ray	1922	1996	USA, America, American	Engineer, inventor	Bennett ventilator (1949); Bennett Oxygen Valve; Bennett Ventilation Meter (1951); Bennett Respiratory facial mask (1948)	ventilator, face-mask, respirator, anesthetic, ventilation
BEAN, William Bennett	1909	1989	USA, America, American, Poland, Polish, Polskie	Cardiologist	Bean syndrome (1958) [Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome]	naevus, GI tract, GI bleeding, blue rubber, lindsay nail, half-half
LANNELONGUE, Odilon Marc	1840	1911	France, French, français	Surgeon	Osgood-Schlatter disease (1878)	Knee, osteochondrosis, apophysitis, OSD, tibial, microtrauma, infrapatellar, knee pain
BARRÈRE, Adrien	1874	1931	France, French, français	Artist, caricaturist	Lithographs
FRENCKNER, Paul	1896	1967	Sweden, Swedish, svenska	Spiropulsator, double lumen bronchoscope	Frenckner Spiropulsator, double lumen bronchoscope	ventilator, bronchoscope,
ADDISON, Thomas	1793	1860		Physician	Addison disease	Addison disease, suprarenal, keloid, suicide, depression
FORCHHEIMER, Frederick	1853	1913	USA, America, American	Physician, pediatrician, paediatrics	Forchheimer spots (1898)	third disease, pediatric xanthem
CHVOSTEK, František	1864	1944	Austria, Österreicher, Austrian	Physician	Chvostek Sign	Hypocalcaemia
HUTCHINSON, Sir Jonathan	1828	1913	England, English, UK, British	Surgeon	Hutchinson teeth, Hutchinson triad of congenital syphilis, Hutchinson angioma,	Wrist Distal radius radial styloid process with extension into the wrist joint (intra-articular extension).

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Origin: from Greek epōnumos ‘given as a name, giving one’s name to someone or something’, from epi ‘upon’ + onoma ‘name’. noun: eponym; plural noun: eponyms; adjective: eponymous

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