Turner syndrome
Ullrich-Turner syndrome
Ernst Ludwig Heim
Ernst Ludwig Heim (1747 - 1834) was a German physician and naturalist. Heim-Kreysig sign (1816) adherent pericarditis
Auguste-Nicolas Gendrin
Auguste-Nicolas Gendrin (1796 - 1890) was a French physician.
Selma A. Myhre
Selma Ann (née Myhre) Hageman (1937 - 2012) was an American pediatrician. Myhre syndrome (1981)
Down Syndrome
Description What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification… History 1838 – Jean Etienne Dominique Esquirol (1772-1840), a founder of modern alienism (psychiatry). 1846 – Edouard Onesimus Séguin (1812–1880) was one of the first to outline a complete plan for the…
Ambroise Paré
Biography Born in 1509/1510 in Bourg-Hersant (Laval), France Died December 20, 1590 in Paris, France Medical Eponyms Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Paré A. Briefve collection de l’administration anatomique. 1549 Paré A. La maniere de traicter les playes faictes tant…
Richard Lower
Richard Lower (1631 - 1691) was an English physiologist. Early descriptions of cardiac tamponade, pericarditis, blood transfusion, xenotransfusion
How to Read an ECG
Interpreting ECG’s is trickier than you think. One must have a system that will stand up to the pummel of ED situations and environmental influences
Pharm 101: Glycerol trinitrate (GTN)
ACEM Primary Pharmacology of GTN: the Pharmacokinetics; Pharmacodynamics; Clinical uses; Adverse effects
Arnaldo Cantani
Biography Medical Eponyms Cantani sign: über dem Bauch hörbares Bläschengeräusch bei Perforationsperitonitis 1866 – Cantani first described the interposition of the intestine between the liver and the diaphragm (Chilaiditi sign) on clinical examination in his Caso di fegato ambulante. Major…
Judith A. Diesendruck
Judith Abarbanel Diesendruck (1920 - 2007) was a Russian-American bacteriologist. Nelson-Diesendruck basal medium (1950)
Friedrich Busch
Biography Medical Eponyms Busch-Hoffa fracture [Hoffa fracture] (1869) Unicondylar coronal fracture of the lateral femoral condyle. Rare intra-articular distal femur injury. Axial compression to the knee with transmission of the ground reaction force through the tibial plateau to the femoral condyles. Controversies…