Will Pickles
W.N. Pickles (1885–1969), rural GP and epidemiologist, defined Bornholm disease in Britain and shaped modern public health through detailed field observation.
Tag Pleurodynia epidemica
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.
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