Wilhelm von Waldeyer-Hartz
Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried Waldeyer-Hartz (1836 – 1921) was a German anatomist. Recognised as one of the forefathers of Anatomical science, Waldeyer's fascia and Waldeyer's ring are 2 of his more well known eponyms
Tag Women in Medicine
Helene Ollendorff
Helene Ollendorff Curth (1899 - 1982) was a German-American dermatologist. Curth-Macklin syndrome (1954); Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome (1928)
Where are all the Women?
Hypothesis: Women are underrepresented in the realm of medical eponyms. Deep dive into eponymythology, and the roiling ocean of gender imbalance.
Marie Colinet
Marie Colinet von Hilden (c1560 - c1640) was a Swiss midwife and surgeon. First recorded ophthalmic extraction of metal from a patients eye with a magnet (1624)
Lilly Dubowitz
Lilly Dubowitz (1930 - 2016) Hungarian-born British paediatrician. Dubowitz Score (1970); Dubowitz neurological examination (1980)
Priscilla White
Priscilla White (1900 - 1989) was an American physician. White Classification of Diabetes in Pregnancy (1949, 1965, 1978)
Mary Holt
Mary Clayton Holt (1924 - 1993) was an English cardiologist. Holt-Oram syndrome (1960)
Nancy B. Esterly
Nancy Burton Esterly (1935 - 2017) was an American pediatric dermatologist. Esterly-McKusick syndrome (1971)
Pirkko Santavuori
Pirkko Santavuori (1933 - 2004) was a Finnish paediatric neurologist. Infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (INCL) [Santavuori disease]
Julia Bell
Julia Bell (1879 - 1979) was an English human geneticist. Martin-Bell syndrome (1943) [Fragile X syndrome]
Ingrid Gamstorp
Ingrid Gamstorp (1924 - 2007) was a Swedish paediatric neurologist. Gamstorp disease (1956); Gamstorp-Wohlfart Syndrome (1959)
Charlotte Dravet
Charlotte Dravet (1936 - ) French paediatric psychiatrist and epileptologist. Dravet Syndrome (Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy-6) in 1978