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Thursday, January 06, 2005
Reference: Medical Eponyms
Whonamedit.com "is a biographical dictionary of medical eponyms. It is our ambition to present a complete survey of all medical phenomena named for a person, with a biography of that person. Eventually, this will include more than 15,000 eponyms and more than 6,000 persons." Right now, it includes 7,079 eponyms linked to 2,839 people. Search, or browse by country, category, or alphabetically. Ever wonder who Alzheimer's disease was named for?
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