Medical eponyms: taxonomies, natural history, and the evidence. by Aronson, J

Is Crohn's disease a rightly used eponym? by Van Hootegem, P, Travis, S

“…'Crohn's disease' might reasonably be known by another eponym. Nevertheless, the 1932 publication of Crohn was pivotal, as were his later contributions to the knowledge of "his" disease. …”

Eponyms have no place in 21st-century biological nomenclature by Guedes, P, Alves-Martins, F, Martinez Arribas, J, Chatterjee, S, Santos, A, Lewin,A, Bako, L, Webala, P, Correia, R, Rocha, R, Ladle, R

“…Reforming taxonomy to remove eponyms will not be easy but could bring multiple benefits for both conservation and society.…”

Chorea-Acanthocytosis Genotype in the Original Critchley Kentucky Neuroacanthocytosis Kindred by Velayos-Baeza, A, Holinski-Feder, E, Neitzel, B, Bader, B, Critchley, E, Monaco, A, Danek, A, Walker, R

“…Objective: Todetermine the molecular nature of the neurological disease in the seminal family reported by Critchley et al inthe 1960s, characterized by a hyperkinetic movement disorder and the appearance of acanthocytosis on peripheral blood smear. The eponym Levine-Critchley syndrome, subsequently termed neuroacanthocytosis, has been applied to symptomatically similar, but genetically distinct, disorders, resulting in clinical and diagnostic confusion. …”

Chorea-acanthocytosis genotype in the original critchley kentucky neuroacanthocytosis kindred. by Velayos-Baeza, A, Holinski-Feder, E, Neitzel, B, Bader, B, Critchley, E, Monaco, A, Danek, A, Walker, R

“…OBJECTIVE: To determine the molecular nature of the neurological disease in the seminal family reported by Critchley et al in the 1960s, characterized by a hyperkinetic movement disorder and the appearance of acanthocytosis on peripheral blood smear. The eponym Levine-Critchley syndrome, subsequently termed neuroacanthocytosis, has been applied to symptomatically similar, but genetically distinct, disorders, resulting in clinical and diagnostic confusion. …”

A theory of early classical Ḥanafism by Hanif, S

“…The study concludes by suggesting a general theory of Ḥanafī jurisprudence, explaining what it means to 'do <em>fiqh</em>' – presented as a particular form of engagement with the legal cases transmitted from the teaching circle of Abū Ḥanīfah (d. 150/767), the school's eponym – and how this <em>fiqh</em> engagement with Ḥanafī precedent informed the production of legal statements tailored to specific contexts – by the application of a particular filter of legal mechanisms, each of which reflects an understanding of the overarching principle of 'necessity' (ḍarūrah). …”

Local elites and local coinage: elite self-representation on the provincial coinage of Asia 31 BC- AD 275 by Bennett, R

“…The Roman Province of Asia provides the ideal context for the study of local elites and their coinage because of the prevalence and prominence of the names of individual local notables, henceforth known as eponyms, recorded in civic coin legends. By combining the study of the function of coin eponyms and the prosopographical analysis of individual eponyms in the epigraphic record, it is possible to identify and explain the profound changes that affected civic coin production in the first three centuries AD. …”

Worthoceras pacificum Matsumoto and Yokoi, 1987 (Cephalopoda: Ammonoidea) from the Mzinene formation (Cretaceous), Zululand by Klinger, H, Kennedy, W

“…Their association with Neostlingoceras carcitanense permits accurate dating with the eponymous zone of the Cenomanian stage.…”

De karakterisering van Electra: een taalkundige benadering by van Emde Boas, E

“…The aim of this article is to show that modern linguistic approaches may be used in the analysis of characterization in Greek tragedy, specifically that of Euripides’ version of Electra in the eponymous play. I analyse several of Electra’s interactions with other characters in the play’s early scenes, applying insights from linguistic politeness theory and conversation analysis, in order to show that Electra’s linguistic ‘behaviour’ is driven by her situation and her preoccupations. …”

Stendhal’s consumptive heroine: Lamiel and tuberculosis by Jones, S

“…<p><strong>Abstract</p></strong> <p>This article offers a close reading of Stendhal’s Lamiel, arguing that the eponymous heroine suffers from, but also manipulates the symptoms of, the quintessentially nineteenth-century disease, consumption. …”

Bird-women on the Harpy Monument from Xanthos, Lycia: sirens or harpies by Draycott, C

“…The initial identification of the bird-women on the Harpy Monument as the eponymous 'harpies' has long been superseded by the identification of the creatures as sirens. …”

Zola's fortunate man: Rereading Le Docteur Pascal as a country doctor by Jones, S

“…This article rereads Emile Zola's Le Docteur Pascal (1893) from a critical Medical Humanities perspective to highlight the eponymous doctor's entanglement with medical practice, thus offering an innovative interpretation of one of Zola's most maligned novels. …”

Lysimache and Lysistrata by Thonemann, P

“…It has long been suspected that the eponymous heroine of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata was intended to evoke the historical Lysimache, priestess of Athena Polias at the time of the play’s first production. …”

'In the mood': Peer Gynt and the affective landscapes of Grieg's Stemninger, op. 73 by Grimley, D

“…Commonly assumed to invoke Norway's iconic western fjords, the prelude in fact sets the stage for Ibsen's eponymous wanderer, washed up on the Moroccan coast. …”

Correlation function diagnostics for type-I fracton phases by Devakul, T, Parameswaran, S, Sondhi, S

“…They are characterized by subextensively divergent topological degeneracy and excitations that are constrained to move along lower dimensional subspaces, including the eponymous fractons that are immobile in isolation. …”

Gynter Grass bald anders: taking the self out of autobiography in Grass’s Beim Häuten der Zwiebel by Gwyer, K

“…However, it will be argued here that the full import of Simplicissimus emerges only when considered in conjunction with another, rather less closely examined source text, Ibsen’s Peer Gynt (1867), whose eponymous protagonist furnishes the image of the self as alliaceous construct of layers without a core that also informs Grass’s own use of the onion trope. …”

Complex antibodies provide a simple explanation for the plurality of clinical presentations in the Guillain Barre syndromes. by Rinaldi, S

“…A strong argument can be made for pluralizing the eponymous term when referring to the acute post infectious polyradiculoneuropathies. …”

Overconvergent generalised eigenforms of weight one and class fields of real quadratic fields by Lauder, A, Darmon, H, Rotger, V

“…This article examines the Fourier expansions of certain non-classical <em>p</em>-adic modular forms of weight one: the eponymous <em>generalised eigenforms</em> of the title, so called because they lie in a generalised eigenspace for the Hecke operators. …”

“Jeune fille qui ne pleure pas son oiseau mort”: female puberty in Stendhal's Lamiel by Jones, S

“…In the second instance, it demonstrates how Lamiel charts the eponymous heroine's physiological progression through puberty via its use of the terms petite and jeune fille. …”

Codes of Medical Ethics by Malik, A

“…The term medical ethics was not coined till 1803 when Thomas Percival wrote his eponymous book [2, 3], however the foundation of medical morality, informed by culture, philosophy and religion, was laid by oaths and treatise in the premodern era. …”