Medical eponyms

Eponyms are a long-standing tradition in medicine. Eponyms usually involve honoring a prominent physician scientist who played a major role in the identification of the disease. Under the right circumstances, a disease becomes well known through the name of this individual. There are no rules on epo...

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Main Authors: Robert P. Ferguson, Deborah Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Greater Baltimore Medical Center 2014-07-01
Series:Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
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Online Access:http://www.jchimp.net/index.php/jchimp/article/download/25046/pdf_1