Biography Medical Eponyms Lovibond angle (profile sign) [1938] In 1938, Lovibond was among the first to offer a criteria for the diagnosis of finger clubbing. He defined the ‘profile sign’ of the thumb (Lovibond’s angle), as the angle made by…
William Bennett Bean (1909-1989) was an American physician, medical historian. Bean syndrome (1958) [Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome] and spider naevi
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The Osborn wave (J wave) is a positive deflection at the J point (negative in aVR and V1). It is usually most prominent in the precordial leads and most commonly associated with hypothermia.
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