Lecture 4: Medical Eponyms

Question 1

Eponyms?

Answer 1

groups of terms which describe organs, medical procedures, medical investigations and medical treatments which are named after the people who discovered them , described ,popularised them or are most commonly associated with them.

Question 2

Justification

Answer 2

• pros
  -recognises and rewards contributions to the medical field
  -are more concise
• cons
  -have no clear information on the location of organ in description
  -sometimes recognition is given to the wrong persons
  -lack scientific accuracy
  -same names of people on different discoveries

Question 3

4 categories of eponyms?

Answer 3

• of the body organs
• related to diseases of organs
• of procedures
• of treatment