
Sir William Stokes (surgeon)
Sir William Stokes (1839–1900), Irish surgeon and son of William Stokes, pioneered surgical techniques and served as RCSI professor and Queen Victoria’s surgeon

Sir William Stokes (1839–1900), Irish surgeon and son of William Stokes, pioneered surgical techniques and served as RCSI professor and Queen Victoria’s surgeon

Stokes-Adams syndrome is an abrupt, transient loss of consciousness due to a sudden but pronounced decrease in the cardiac output

Cheyne-Stokes respiration is a cyclical breathing pattern of apnoea and hyperpnoea, seen in heart failure, brain injury, and end-of-life settings.

William Stokes (1804–1878) was a pioneering Irish physician in cardiopulmonary diagnosis, famed for Cheyne–Stokes respiration and bedside clinical teaching.