Snellen chart
Snellen chart: history of visual acuity testing from Hooke to ETDRS, with key milestones, optotype design, and contributions from Snellen, Donders, Sloan
Jeremy Rogers
BSc, MD (UWA), MPH (UNSW). Emergency Physician in training. German translator and lover of medical history.
Quincke’s Triad
Quincke's Triad describes hemobilia via the triad of GI bleeding, biliary colic, and jaundice; first detailed by Heinrich Quincke in 1871, named retrospectively in 1975
Jean-Alexandre Barré
Jean-Alexandre Barré (1880–1967). French neurologist ; co-described Guillain–Barré syndrome; pioneer in vestibular neurology and semiology; eponyms include Barré test and Barré–Liéou syndrome.
Jerome W. Conn
Jerome W. Conn (1907–1994) American endocrinologist. Described Conn syndrome (primary aldosteronism), transforming the diagnosis of hypertension.
Guido Fanconi
Swiss paediatrician Guido Fanconi (1892–1979) defined Fanconi anaemia and Fanconi syndrome, shaping modern paediatrics and medical genetics.
Herman Snellen
Herman Snellen (1834–1908): Dutch ophthalmologist who created the Snellen chart and standardized visual acuity testing, transforming eye care worldwide
Georges Guillain
Georges Charles Guillain (1876-1961) was a French neurologist. Multiple neurology-related eponyms including Guillain-Barré syndrome
Adolphe-Marie Gubler
Adolphe-Marie Gubler (1821-1879) was a French physician and therapeutic pharmacologist. Millard-Gubler syndrome (1856)
Francis Dercum
American neurologist Francis Xavier Dercum (1856–1931), first described Dercum’s disease; pioneer in neurology, psychiatry, and medical education.
Guillain–Barré syndrome
Guillain-Barré syndrome is the most common and severe acute inflammatory paralytic neuropathy. The classical description of GBS involves rapidly progressive bilateral weakness, usually starting in the distal lower extremities and ascending proximally.
Giovanni Mingazzini
Giovanni Mingazzini (1859-1929) Founder of the Roman School of Neurology; described lenticular hemiparesis, Mingazzini test, and Mingazzini field; pioneer in aphasia and cerebellar anatomy.
Post-obstructive diuresis
Post-obstructive diuresis is a polyuric state in which large amounts of sodium and water are eliminated after the relief of a urinary tract obstruction.