Johannes Otto Kehr

Biography Born 27 April 1862 in Waltershausen, Thuringia, Germany Died 20 May 1916 Medical Eponyms Kehr sign Key Medical Attributions Major Publications Kehr H. Die chirurgische Behandlung der Gallensteinkrankheit; ein Rückblick auf 206 Gallenstein-Laparotomieen unter besonderem Hinweis auf die Nothwendigkeit…

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Meige’s syndrome

Description What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification… History Associated Persons Henry Meige (1866 – 1940) Alternative names Brueghel’s syndrome Blepharospasm-oromandibular dystonia syndrome Controversies Did they first describe or popularise or plagiarise? References Altrocci PH. Spontaneous oral-facial dyskinesia. Archives of…

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Charles Sumner Neer II

Charles Sumner Neer II (1917 – 2011) was an American Orthopedic Surgeon. Eponymously affiliated with the Neer prosthesis and Neer classification of proximal humeral fractures Biography Born 10 November 1917 Died 28 February 2011 Medical Eponyms Neer classification of proximal…