Ejner Sylvest
Ejner Oluf Sørensen Sylvest (1880-1972) Danish physician named and defined Bornholm disease, framing epidemic pleurodynia decades before its viral cause was confirmed.
Tag Coxsackie B
Bornholm disease
Acute, transient viral myositis involving intercostal and abdominal muscles associated with Coxsackievirus B. Eponym: Ejner Sylvest (1930)
William Dabney
William Cec. Dabney (1849–1894) described epidemic chest pain (“Devil’s Grip”) and championed medical education, licensure, and public health in Virginia
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 123
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 123 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.