To truly define the domain of eponymous prolixity we have to understand the ‘Who‘ aspect of naming convention…
These ‘Who’s’ we speak of areon the whole people (medicine being a tiny bit scientifically based) that really existed (take note Horton…). In fact the Honorable names within the Eponymictionary are often associated with noted scientists or physicians of the time. These are not ‘made-up’ names; ancient orthographic hallows or personifications designed to bemuse or confuse – these people really existed
I like to think of these ‘Who’s’ as the ‘definable anti-prolix‘ of modern medicine. Something Gen Y and Gen Z should consider before repudiating historical context to a period of quiescence
Scientists, Doctors and Researchers
- Jack BARNES (Carukia Barnesi) (Jack Barnes and the Irukandji Enigma)
- Joseph BELL (Smith, Bell and the Art of Observation)
- William CADOGAN (Lessons from our past)
- Leonardo DA VINCI (The First Anatomist)
- Robert S. DESOWITZ (You don’t know about the stones?)
- Alexander FLEMING (Clostridium Perfringens)
- John HUNTER (Do you know John Hunter?)
- Tim KOELMEYER (The Breakfast Club)
- Dr Jesse William LAZEAR (Yellow Fever)
- William OSLER (Egerton Y. Davis and Penis captivus)
- Peter PHAROAH (The Cretin and the Pharoah)
- Peter SAFAR (Safar’s Laws for the Navigation of Life)
- Sydney SMITH (Smith, Bell and the Art of Observation)
- Struan SUTHERLAND (When Doug met Struan)
Other people with stuff named after them
- Terry THOMAS (Terry Thomas Sign)
“It helps a man immensely to be a bit of a hero-worshipper, and the stories of the lives of the masters of medicine do much to stimulate our ambition and rouse our sympathies”- Sir William Osler, from Chauvanism in Medicine, in Aequanimitas.
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