Leon Ginzburg

Biography Born 1898 1947-1967 Director of Surgery Emeritus, Beth Israel Medical Center New York Died 1988 Medical Eponyms Key Medical Attributions Major Publications Crohn BB, Ginzburg L, Oppenheimer GD. Regional ileitis; a pathologic and clinical entity. JAMA, 1932; 99: 1323-1329.…

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Crohn’s disease

Description What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification… History of Crohn’s disease 1769 – Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682 – 1771) provided an early description of Ulceration of the intestines in De Sedibus et Causis Morborum (The Seats and Causes of Diseases).…

Adam Politzer

Ádám Politzer (1835 - 1920) was a Hungarian Otolaryngologist. one of the principal founders of otology, was the first Professor of Otology in Vienna