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Glossary of eponyms

In spite of their being ‘unscientific’, eponymous of veins and explain the readiness with which
terms are still commonly used—more so among carcinoma of the prostate spreads to the pelvis
clinicians, it is true, than among professional and lumbar vertebrae.
anatomists. This glossary gives brief Oscar Batson (1894–1979), Professor of
biographical details of the names mentioned in Anatomy, University of Pennsylvania.
the text. Entries appear alphabetically according Bell’s palsy◊Viral infection of the facial (VII)
to the person whose name is used adjectivally in nerve.
the term: valves of Ball under Ball, column of Sir Charles Bell (1774–1842), surgeon at
Burdach under Burdach, and so on. Middlesex Hospital, London.
Bigelow’s Y-shaped ligament◊The tough ilio-
Alcock’s canal◊Fascial tunnel on the lateral wall femoral ligament of the hip joint.
of the ischiorectal fossa which conveys the Henry James Bigelow (1818–1890), Surgeon,
pudendal vessels and nerve. Harvard Medical School, Boston.
Benjamin Alcock (1801–?), Professor of Blalock’s operation◊The right subclavian artery
Anatomy, first in Dublin and then Cork. He is anastomosed end-to-side into the right
emigrated to America and disappeared from pulmonary artery in order to overcome the
the scene. pulmonary stenosis of the tetralogy of Fallot
Argyll Robertson pupil◊The pupil does not (q.v.).
respond to light but reacts to accommodation. Alfred Blalock (1899–1964), Professor of
It is classically seen in neurosyphilis. Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore.
Douglas Argyll Robertson (1837–1909), Bochdalek’s foramen◊The pleuroperitoneal
ophthalmic surgeon, Royal Infirmary, canal of the developing diaphragm.
Edinburgh. Vincent Bochdalek (1801–1883), Anatomist,
Auerbach’s plexus◊Nerve plexus between the Prague.
circular and longitudinal muscle coats of the Broca’s area◊The anterior portion of the inferior
intestine. frontal gyrus; on the dominant side it is the
Leopold Auerbach (1828–1897), Professor of motor area for speech.
Pathology, Breslau. Pierre Broca (1824–1880), Professor of Clinical
valves of Ball◊Valve-like folds which connect Surgery in Paris.
the distal extremities of the columns of Brown-Séquard syndrome◊Produced by
Morgagni (q.v.) in the upper half of the anal hemisection of the spinal cord.
canal. Charles Edouard Brown-Séquard (1817–1894),
Sir Charles Ball (1851–1916), Regius Professor born in Mauritius, practised as a neurologist
of Surgery in Dublin and an early pioneer of in Paris, at Harvard and at the National
rectal surgery. Hospital, Queen’s Square, London.
Bartholin’s gland◊The greater vestibular gland. Brunner’s glands◊The characteristic
Mucus-secreting gland in the posterior labium submucosal acinar glands of the duodenum.
majus. Johann Brunner (1653–1727), Swiss anatomist
Caspar Bartholin (1655–1738), Professor of who became Professor of Anatomy at
Anatomy, Copenhagen. Heidelberg and later at Strasbourg. It is said
Batson’s venous plexus◊The ‘valveless vertebral that his father-in-law, J. J. Wepfer, actually
veins’ communicate with the prostatic plexus discovered these glands!
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