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An eponymous disease is a disease, disorder, condition, or syndrome named after a person, usually the physician or other health care professional who first identified the disease; less commonly, a patient who had the disease; rarely, a fictional character who exhibited signs of the disease or an actor or subject of a literary allusion, as ...
29 lip 2005 · Most neurological eponyms originate from the names of those who first described a disease or pathological condition, as well as from the names of characters from the literature and mythical or biblical heroes.
1 maj 2003 · These will be invaluable to those who wish to know precisely what was originally said. The illustrations too are frequently taken from the definitive publication. A striking example is Sir Charles Bell’s drawing of the trigeminal and facial nerves.
Most neurological eponyms originate from the names of those who fi rst described a disease or path-ological condition, as well as from the names of charac-ters from the literature and mythical or biblical heroes.
8 gru 2017 · One of the most prevalent neurodegenerative diseases worldwide is still referred to as 'Parkinson's disease'. The condition is named after James Parkinson who, in 1817, described the shaking...
22 gru 2021 · This paper provides an overview of neurological eponyms with the explanation of the potential reasons why names were associated with neurological diseases.
1 lut 2005 · The study looks at paintings of cripples, pictures containing the mentally disabled, with examples by Bruegel the Elder or Munch, as well as certain neurological disorders that have been...
