Eponymous doctors associated with Edinburgh, Part 2--David Bruce, John Cheyne, William Stokes, Alexander Monro Secundus, Joseph Gamgee.
This, the second in a three-paper series with this title, looks at famous doctors who trained in Edinburgh and their eponyms. With one possible exception, none seems to have sought the eponym, nor awarded it to themselves, nor used it for self-promotion. Unlike those in the first paper, all eponyms in this paper are still in use and their brevity is in contrast to the lengthy description needed if the eponym is not used. Examples are Cheyne-Stokes respiration, Stokes-Adam attacks, Brucellosis and Gamgee dressing. Monro Secundus is included because of his vehement defence of his professional reputation and research findings when he suspected others of trying to detract credit from him, a characteristic seldom reported for the others.
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D000219:Adams-Stokes Syndrome / Q000266:history*; D001458:Bandages / Q000266:history; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000266:history*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D002639:Cheyne-Stokes Respiration / Q000266:history*; D004850:Eponyms; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D012606:Scotland