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Radiographic sign of pneumoperitoneum. Air in the peritoneum and air within the intraluminal spaces outline the luminal and serosal surfaces of the bowel wall.
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Jean-Alexandre Barré (1880-1967) was a French neurologist. Multiple neurological eponyms including with Guillain and Strohl with the acute paralytic neuropathy known as Guillain - Barré syndrome described in 1916.
Fritz Valdemar Rasmussen (1837-1877) was a Danish physician. Co-editor of the Hospitals-Tidende Journal, Rasmussen recorded cases of massive haemoptysis secondary to pulmonary artery aneurysm in association with tuberculosis - eponymously termed the Rasmussen aneurysm
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With respect to thromboelastography and haemostasis: