2 Buchanan, W. W. Sir James Paget (1814–1894). Take aortic regurgitation, which over the years has attracted as many as 31 different eponyms for its signs and symptoms 4. The term “Arnold-Chiari” was coined a decade later by, surprise surprise, two of Arnold’s very own students 7. UNSW is now seven days into lockdown, and as Wally looks emptier than most MedSoc council meetings, we decided to do some House style sleuthing into what our students are up to. I had no morning bus to catch. cardiac rehabilitation, ASD, hand malformations, triphalangeal, Sakati-Nyhan-Tisdale syndrome (1971); Woodhouse–Sakati syndrome (1983); Sanjad-Sakati syndrome (1991), Ansell-Bywaters-Elderking syndrome (1975), CINCA, NOMID, arthritis, pediatric, rhematology, Neill-Dingwall syndrome (1950), Scimtar syndrome (1960), scimitar, Cockayne, progeria, pulmonary hypoplasia and partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR). I, for one, believe eponyms are worth keeping. By Jacky Jiang; Edited by Rosie Kirk While the freedom to do what I want when I want is something that I highly value, this year has taught me that there is such a thing as too much freedom. A. Is it our lack of control? Hans Chiari was a 19th-century Austrian pathologist, who, over the course of decades, produced numerous anatomical and pathological descriptions of the congenital malformation that bears his name. Should we eradicate eponyms completely? In many cases, a single poorly-understood medical condition can accumulate a whole litany of eponymous names for its specific features before anyone figures out how to fit them together. For decades, Bright’s disease (named after 19th-century British physician Richard Bright) was widely used as an eponym for glomerulonephritis. And that’s not even to get into Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, probably buried deep in the recesses of your mind from BGD. It’s vital that efforts to improve their use continue, like weeding out eponyms that are grossly inaccurate or inappropriate and standardising their grammar and spelling. Don’t fret, The Jugular has you, By Jess Sawang; Edited by Nipuni Hapangama Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this article contains references to deceased persons. & Matteson, E. Should eponyms be abandoned? Little is known about the founding father of medicine, but doctors are convinced he was a good dude. By Shaddy Hanna What is it about our current situation that leaves us so unnerved, so disturbed, and so perturbed? Santavuori-Haltia syndrome, Hagberg, infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, infantile onset spinocerebellar ataxia, IOSCA, INCL, MED, Jansky-Bielchowsky disease, neurologist, general practitioner, GP, historian, astronomer, naval history, neurology, paris, atrophy, HMNS. To truly define the domain of eponymous prolixity we have to understand the ‘Who‘ aspect of naming convention…, These ‘Who’s’ we speak of are on the whole people (medicine being a tiny bit scientifically based) that really existed (take note Horton…). Why have I been this way and what can I do about it? aortic regurgitation, AR, pulse, insufficiency, expansile, hammer, firing. A little change that has been adopted in the past to much success is to replace the generic noun (“disease”, “syndrome”, etc.) 1 Fargen, K. M. & Hoh, B. L. The debate over eponyms. After all, if you’re going to get yourself an eponym, the most surefire way would be to make discoveries in an area not-so-well understood – it’s often in the initial stages of a disease’s description, before the full clinical and pathophysiological picture is pieced together, that the names catch on.
7th ed. 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.