Wilhelm Ebstein

Wilhelm Ebstein (1836 - 1912) ca. 1885

Wilhelm Ebstein (1836-1912) was a Polish-German physician.

Best known for Ebstein anomaly (1866); Pel-Ebstein fever (1887) and for proposing a low-carbohydrate high-fat diet to treat obesity

Biography
  • Born November 27, 1836, Jauer, Prussian Silesia
  • Died October 22, 1912, Göttingen

Medical Eponyms
Ebstein anomoly (1866)

Pel-Ebstein fever (1885, 1887)

Major Publications

Historical reviews


References

Eponym

the person behind the name

BA MA (Oxon) MBChB (Edin) FACEM FFSEM. Emergency physician, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Passion for rugby, medical history, medical education, and asynchronous learning #FOAMed evangelist. Editor-in-Chief and Webmaster of Life in the Fast lane, LITFL | On Call 4e| Eponyms | Books | Horology |

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