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Eponymous medical signs are those that are named after a person or persons, usually the physicians who first described them, but occasionally named after a famous patient. This list includes other eponymous entities of diagnostic significance; i.e. tests, reflexes, etc.
Medical eponyms are terms used in medicine which are named after people (and occasionally places or things). In 1975, the Canadian National Institutes of Health held a conference that discussed the naming of diseases and conditions. The conclusion, as summarized in The Lancet, was this: "The possessive use of an eponym should be discontinued ...
The current trend is away from the use of eponymous disease names and towards a medical name that describes either the cause or primary signs. [4] Reasons for this include: A national or ethnic bias attaches to the eponym chosen; Credit should have gone to a different person; An eponym may be applied to different diseases, which creates confusion;
This category is for lists of medical eponyms (diseases, treatments etc. that have a name derived from the name of a person, place etc.). Pages in category "Lists of medical eponyms" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Kerckring's valves – Theodor Kerckring (1638–1693), Dutch anatomist. Kernohan notch – James Watson Kernohan (1896–1981), Irish-American pathologist. Kiesselbach's plexus – Wilhelm Kiesselbach (1839-1902), German otolaryngologist. Koch's triangle – German pathologist Walter Koch. Pores of Kohn – Hans Kohn. Krause's end-bulbs ...
Haruguchi classification. Hawkin's classification. Herbert classification. Herscovici classification. Ideberg classification. Jupiter and Mehne classification. Lauge-Hansen classification. Le Fort fracture of skull. Loder classification.
Tallerman–Sheffield treatment. Lewis A. Tallerman and Evelyn Sheffield. Rheumatism, pain. Treatment of pain through baking patients alive. Wagner–Jauregg treatment. Julius Wagner Jauregg. Infectious diseases. Treatment of general paresis of the insane by infecting the patient with malaria.
[1] [2] Patients observe these symptoms and seek medical advice from healthcare professionals. Because most people are not diagnostically trained or knowledgeable, they typically describe their symptoms in layman's terms, rather than using specific medical terminology. This list is not exhaustive.