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So named due to its prevalence in English slums. French disease: Syphilis [9] Used as an ethnic slur against the French. Front-street fever: Dengue fever [3] Used in reference to a 1780 outbreak in Philadelphia. Gargoylism Hurler Syndrome (MPS Type 1) [10] In 1936, Ellis et al. coined the term "gargoylism" to name the syndrome. Gleet: Gonorrhea ...
The conclusion, as summarized in The Lancet, was this: "The possessive use of an eponym should be discontinued, since the author neither had nor owned the disorder." [1] However, because of the nature of the history of medicine, new discoveries are often referred to using the name of the people who initially made the discovery.
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;
Still sold in the US Levamisole (Ergamisol) 1999 US Still used as veterinary drug and as a human antihelminthic in many markets; listed on the WHO List of Essential Medicines. In humans, it was used to treat melanoma before it was withdrawn for agranulocytosis. [29] [30] [31] Levomethadyl acetate: 2003 US Cardiac arrhythmias and cardiac arrest. [2]
1850 – Female Medical College of Pennsylvania (later Woman's Medical College), the first medical college in the world to grant degrees to women, is founded in Philadelphia. [ 99 ] 1858 – Rudolf Carl Virchow 13 October 1821 – 5 September 1902 his theories of cellular pathology spelled the end of Humoral medicine .
Josef Mengele (1911–1979) – known as the Angel of Death; Nazi human experimentation; Samuel Mudd (1833–1883) – condemned to prison for setting the leg of Abraham Lincoln's assassin; Herman Webster Mudgett (1860–1896) – American serial killer; Conrad Murray – convicted of involuntary manslaughter in death of pop star Michael Jackson
Canadian obstetrician, gynecologist, and medical columnist [66] Ellsworth Wareham: 1914–2018: 104: American cardiothoracic surgeon [67] P. K. Warrier: 1921–2021: 100: Indian Ayurveda practitioner [68] James Whittico Jr. 1915–2018: 102: American physician [69] Esther Wilkins: 1916–2016: 100: American dentist [70] Arvo Ylppö: 1887–1992 ...
Year of discovery Name of the drug Year when the synthesis mechanism was developed Year that was Patented Governmental approval Patented expired 1901: Adrenaline: Jōkichi Takamine, 1901: 1901: 1901: N/A (Natural Hormone) 1906: Oxytocin: Discovered by Henry Hallett Dale, synthesized by Vincent du Vigneaud in 1952: 1925: 1926: N/A (Natural ...