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Anne Pappenheimer Forbes (1911 – 1992) 340
Anne P. Forbes
  • Jenny Stuart-Smith and Mike Cadogan
  • February 11, 2026

Anne Pappenheimer Forbes (1911 - 1992) was an American endocrinologist and physician. Forbes-Albright Syndrome 1954

  • EndocrinologyEponymObstetrics Gynaecology
Elisabeth Hermine Winterhalter (1856 – 1952) 340
Elisabeth H. Winterhalter
  • Kathryn Scott and Mike Cadogan
  • February 13, 2026

Elisabeth Hermine Winterhalter (1856 - 1952) was a German gynecologist and surgeon. Pioneer physician; neuroanatomy researcher; leader of the feminist movement; and one of the first female surgeons in Germany

  • EponymObstetrics Gynaecology
Hunt-Hess Scale
  • Lewis Hong and Mike Cadogan
  • November 24, 2020

Description The Hunt-Hess Scale is a graded scale used to predict the rate of mortality based solely on the clinical features seen in a patient presenting with an aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. Grade Characteristic Mortality Rate1,2 0 Unruptured aneurysm without symptoms…

  • EponymictionaryNeurologyNeurosurgery
Robert McDonald Hess Jr (1931 – 2019) 340
Robert Hess
  • Lewis Hong and Mike Cadogan
  • February 7, 2026

Robert McDonald Hess Jr (1931 – 2019). Hess, alongside his mentor William Hunt, is eponymous with the Hunt-Hess Scale.

  • EponymNeurosurgery
Connect Four FFFF 340
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 316
  • Neil Long
  • November 3, 2020

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 316 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind the medical trivia FFFF

  • FFFF
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Smith fracture
  • Ronan McKenna and Mike Cadogan
  • May 27, 2025

Smith fracture: Extra-articular fracture of the distal radius with associated palmar angulation of the distal fracture fragment. (1847)

  • EponymictionaryOrthopaedics
Tolosa-Hunt syndrome 340
Tolosa-Hunt syndrome
  • Lewis Hong and Mike Cadogan
  • November 24, 2020

Tolosa-Hunt syndrome: severe unilateral periorbital headache and ophthalmoplegia resulting from a non-caseating granulomatous inflammation of the cavernous sinus and/or superior orbital fissure.

  • EponymictionaryNeurologyNeurosurgeryOphthalmology
Walther Müller (1888–1949) 340
Walther Müller
  • Mike Cadogan
  • January 30, 2026

Walther Müller (1888–1949) was a German orthopedic surgeon. Known for Müller-Weiss disease, a complex idiopathic foot condition

  • EponymOrthopaedicsRadiology
Henry Hill Hickman Medal 340 2
Henry Hill Hickman Medal
  • Alex Johnson and Mike Cadogan
  • November 29, 2021

The Henry Hill Hickman Medal, is awarded every three years to individuals for original work of outstanding merit in anaesthesia by the Council of the Royal Society of Medicine

  • AnaesthesiologyEponymictionary
Camillo Bozzolo (1845-1920) 340
Camillo Bozzolo
  • Gary Zhang and Mike Cadogan
  • February 4, 2026

Camillo Bozzolo (1845-1920) was an Italian pathologist and physician. Bozzolo sign (1887) Visible pulsation of the arteries within the nasal mucosa.

  • CardiologyEponym
Prosper Menière (1799 - 1862) 340
Prosper Menière
  • Charlotte Baker and Mike Cadogan
  • February 7, 2026

Prosper Menière (1799 - 1862) was a French otorhinolaryngologist. Maladie de Menière, Menière's disease (1861)

  • ENTEponym
John McNaughton Epley (1930-2019) 680
John Epley
  • Charlotte Baker and Mike Cadogan
  • June 17, 2025

John Epley (1930–2019), pioneer of the Epley maneuver for BPPV, revolutionized vertigo care and developed the Omniax Chair for vestibular diagnosis

  • Eponym
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