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Tag pleurodynia
Bornholm disease 2 680

Bornholm disease

Acute, transient viral myositis involving intercostal and abdominal muscles associated with Coxsackievirus B. Eponym: Ejner Sylvest (1930)
William Cecil Dabney (1849-1894) 680

William Dabney

William Cecil Dabney (1849-1894) was an American physician and obstetrician. Dabney recorded a case of 'Devil's grip' (pleurodynia), the first to be published in North America.