title: Presidential address: Eponyms in biliary tract surgery.
abstract: A selected group of men whose eponyms are currently used in biliary tract surgery are described. The eponyms chosen comprise two areas: gross anatomy (Glisson, Wirsung, Santorini, Winslow, Heister, and Vater) and operative anatomy (Kocher, Courvoisier, Morison, Hartmann, Calot, Roux, and Oddi). A brief review of biliary tract disease from antiquity until the 17th century places these men in proper historical sequence. A condensed biographical sketch of each man's life and work is provided and a few closing comments are made about eponyms.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001211:Asia, Western; D001659:Biliary Tract / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000266:history*; D001662:Biliary Tract Surgical Procedures; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000266:history; D004534:Egypt; D004850:Eponyms; D005060:Europe; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D049711:History, Modern 1601-; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology