It is named after a gentleman with the last name of "Waller"
Posted By: Jill on 2006-01-10
In Reply to: I believe you are correct. I have 2 addl sm - CL
Subject: It is named after a gentleman with the last name of "Waller"
so, I am still thinking not capitalized. 
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How do you type 63 plus 3-year-old gentleman?
Subject: How do you type 63 plus 3-year-old gentleman?
named after a man named Schmorl.....sm
Subject: named after a man named Schmorl.....sm
Schmorl's nodes
Also known as:
Schmorl's nodule
Associated persons:
Christian Georg Schmorl
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He is an ESL doc, I think he means 63-year-3-month old gentleman.
Subject: He is an ESL doc, I think he means 63-year-3-month old gentleman.
How can you be 63 plus 3 years? You would be 66! Thanks for your help!
Ophthalmology consult, this elderly gentleman has evidence of previous s/l a. phaci...the only
Subject: Ophthalmology consult, this elderly gentleman has evidence of previous s/l a. phaci...the only
thing that comes to my mind is phacoemulsification. The doc dictating this is so old and slurs so much that he should probably be retired. Any ideas anyone?
No - not unless a company is named.
Subject: No - not unless a company is named.
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it's apostrophe s when named after anyone....sm
Subject: it's apostrophe s when named after anyone....sm
regardless of what the AAMT says......
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Gaucher disorder
gender identity disorders
generalized anxiety disorder
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Hartnup disorder
Perhaps this, named after a doctor.
Subject: Perhaps this, named after a doctor.
copy & paste the link:
http://www.drhealth.net/therapies/rife.html
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Subject: Yes, gray was named in honor of....
scientist, but it is not capitalized -- like you do for most eponynms. There are lots of sites on the internet defining radiation terms if you really want to read up on them.
see link inside for who it was named for....sm
Subject: see link inside for who it was named for....sm
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Subject: There is a town named Genoa. Could this be it?
named after John Homans.....
Subject: named after John Homans.....
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John Homans worked on experimental hypophysectomy with Harvey Williams Cushing (1869-1939) at Johns Hopkins. Homans, Cushing and Samuel James Crowe (1883-1955) in 1910 presented the first evidence of the relationship between the pituitary and the reproductive system. Homans later became interested in peripheral vascular disease.
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Anyone familiar with a medication named
Subject: Anyone familiar with a medication named
Bell's is possessive named for
Subject: Bell's is possessive named for
Sir Charles Bell who came up with the phenomenon.
just FYI, named after Frederick Mohs...
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Mohs surgery named after .......
Subject: Mohs surgery named after .......
no S - named after Virginia Apgar...nm
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Subject: Yes, named after Daniel Fahrenheit. nm
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based on other meds named...
Subject: based on other meds named...
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same poster here - all iris scissors named after
Subject: same poster here - all iris scissors named after
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IS your patient named Ruby, or can we have the sentence with this in it? nm
Subject: IS your patient named Ruby, or can we have the sentence with this in it? nm
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Surgery named after Frederic Mohs, so
Subject: Surgery named after Frederic Mohs, so
no apostrophe after the h.
Eli M. named a congenital syndrome - not a culdoplasty procedure nm
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Subject: agree with chandelier sign...named so because pain could be
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Subject: Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. These are named after..
Alzheimer's disease
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Alzheimer's dementia
Alzheimer's sclerosis
Alzheimer's syndrome
Alzheimer-Perusini disease (misnomer)
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Senile dementia of the Alzheimer type
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Presenile dementia, senile dementia.
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Alois Alzheimer
James Parkinson
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