Johannes “Jan” Peutz
Johannes Laurentius Augustinus Peutz (1886 - 1957) was a Dutch physician. Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (1921)
James V. Ricci
Biography Medical Eponyms Major Publications References
Ballistically Potent Vertigo
A 50 year-old woman sees the world spin round when she hangs up her washing. Can you make the diagnosis and effect a cure?
William Rivers
William Halse Rivers Rivers (1864-1922) was an English psychiatrist, neurologist, anthropologist and anthropologist.
Rebecca C. Lancefield
Rebecca Craighill Lancefield (1895-1981) was an American bacteriologist. Eponym: Lancefield groups - serological classification of beta haemolytic streptococci
Carolyn C. Huntley
Carolyn Coker Huntley (1924 - 1984) was an American pediatrician. Wiskott-Aldrich-Huntley Syndrome (1957)
Rita G. Harper
Rita Gilman Harper (1934 - ) American pediatrician. Harper syndrome (1967) synonym for Seckel syndrome or microcephalic primordial dwarfism
Edgard Hirtz
Edgard Hirtz (1849 - 1916) was German born, French trained physician. Hirtz Sign (1911) ore knee-chest position in pericardial effusion
What is Intensive Care really?
Knowing how to manage dying is just as important as preventing it. - Alex Psirides
Teaching Practical Skills with SETT UP
Teaching practical procedures on the shop floor, the five stage approach to SETT UP for success
Greta Beighton
Greta Janet Beighton (1939 – 2017) was an English nurse and genetic researcher. Beighton score; Person behind the syndrome
Ebstein anomoly
Description What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification… History Associated Persons Wilhelm Ebstein (1836 – 1912) Alternative names Name Name Controversies Did they first describe or popularise or plagiarise? References Ebstein W. Über einen sehr seltenen Fall von Insufficienz der Valvula…