Eponym Archives • LITFL https://litfl.com/category/litfl/eponym/ Emergency medicine education and critical care education blog Wed, 04 Jun 2025 14:08:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://litfl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-LITFL-Logo-Square-516-TR-100x100.png Eponym Archives • LITFL https://litfl.com/category/litfl/eponym/ 32 32 124409178 Charles Chaddock https://litfl.com/charles-chaddock/ https://litfl.com/charles-chaddock/#respond Tue, 13 May 2025 01:00:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=284593 Mike Cadogan Charles Chaddock

Charles Gilbert Chaddock (1861-1936) was an American neurologist, psychiatrist, poet and medical translator. Chaddock sign and Chaddock wrist sign

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Józef Dietl https://litfl.com/jozef-dietl/ https://litfl.com/jozef-dietl/#respond Mon, 12 May 2025 13:13:02 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=283477 Mike Cadogan Józef Dietl

Józef Dietl (1804–1878) was a Polish physician, politician, professor and rector. Eponym: Dietl's crisis ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO)

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Barlow syndrome https://litfl.com/barlow-syndrome/ https://litfl.com/barlow-syndrome/#respond Fri, 02 May 2025 10:41:55 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=284337 Mike Cadogan Barlow syndrome

Barlow syndrome (primary billowing mitral leaflet syndrome (BMLS)). Auscultatory findings of late systolic murmur with non-ejection ('mid-late') systolic click

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John Barlow https://litfl.com/john-barlow/ https://litfl.com/john-barlow/#respond Thu, 01 May 2025 10:28:45 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=284334 Mike Cadogan John Barlow

John Brereton Barlow (1924-2008) was a South African cardiologist. Barlow described mitral valve prolapse (eponymously known as Barlow’s syndrome) in 1963

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Adolphe-Marie Gubler https://litfl.com/adolphe-marie-gubler/ https://litfl.com/adolphe-marie-gubler/#respond Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:42:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=195752 Jeremy Rogers and Mike Cadogan Adolphe-Marie Gubler

Adolphe-Marie Gubler (1821-1879) was a French physician and therapeutic pharmacologist. Millard-Gubler syndrome (1856)

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James Ramsay Hunt https://litfl.com/james-ramsay-hunt/ https://litfl.com/james-ramsay-hunt/#respond Tue, 15 Apr 2025 03:52:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=196759 Mike Cadogan James Ramsay Hunt

James Ramsay Hunt (1874-1937) American neurologist. Renowned for his contributions to the field of neurology. Several conditions bear his name including Ramsay Hunt syndrome (1907)

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Mary Walker https://litfl.com/mary-broadfoot-walker/ https://litfl.com/mary-broadfoot-walker/#respond Fri, 11 Apr 2025 02:00:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=206518 Mike Cadogan Mary Walker

Mary Broadfoot Walker (1888 - 1974) was a Scottish physician. Mary Walker effect (1934); neostigmine and myasthenia gravis

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Charles Beevor https://litfl.com/charles-beevor/ https://litfl.com/charles-beevor/#respond Wed, 09 Apr 2025 05:48:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=284634 Mike Cadogan Charles Beevor

Charles Edward Beevor (1854-1908) was an English neurologist. Beevor sign - indicating a spinal cord lesion between T10 and T12

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Frederic Cotton https://litfl.com/frederic-jay-cotton/ https://litfl.com/frederic-jay-cotton/#respond Sun, 02 Mar 2025 13:56:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=180180 Samuel McCarney and Mike Cadogan Frederic Cotton

Frederic Jay Cotton (1869–1939) was an American Orthopedic Surgeon. Eponymously affiliated with the Cotton fracture (trimalleolar fracture) and Cotton-Loader position (hyper-flexed wrist with ulna deviation in closed reduction of distal radius fractures)

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William Hammond https://litfl.com/william-hammond/ https://litfl.com/william-hammond/#respond Sat, 01 Mar 2025 09:35:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=204043 Mike Cadogan William Hammond

William Alexander Hammond (1828-1900) was an American neurologist and military physician. Hammond was one of the most colourful and controversial figures in the history of American medicine

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Alexander Wallace https://litfl.com/alexander-wallace/ https://litfl.com/alexander-wallace/#respond Fri, 14 Feb 2025 02:54:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=275590 Jeremy Rogers and Mike Cadogan Alexander Wallace

Alexander Burns Wallace (1906–1974) was a Scottish plastic surgeon. Published the Wallace Rules of nine for burn size estimation in 1951

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Harold Sheehan https://litfl.com/harold-sheehan/ https://litfl.com/harold-sheehan/#respond Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:36:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=255287 Gary Zhang and Mike Cadogan Harold Sheehan

Harold Leeming Sheehan (1900-1988) was an English physician and pathologist. Eponymously remembered for his description of Sheehan Syndrome in 1937

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