James Sherren
James Sherren (1872-1945) British General surgeon. Eponym: Sherren's triangle - area of hyperaesthesia associated with appendicitis
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Sherren triangle
Area of skin hyperaesthesia bounded by lines joining anterior superior iliac spine, the pubic symphysis and umbilicus. One of myriad eponymous signs of acute appendicitis.
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Eponymous signs in Appendicitis
Authors eponymously associated with abdominal signs, symptoms, investigation and management of appendicitis
William Halse Rivers
Biography Born 12 March 1864, Chatham, England Died 4 June 1922, Cambridge, England Medical Eponyms Key Medical Attributions Sir Henry Head (1861 – 1940) and James Sherren (1872 – 1945) had tried to determine the sensibility remaining after complete division of all cutaneous nerves…