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Eponymous medical treatments are generally named after the physician or surgeon who described the treatment.
Treatment
Name
Specialty
Description
Reference/External link
Brandt–Daroff manoeuvre
Thomas Brandt, Robert B. Daroff
Otolaryngology
Exercises used to treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
Brandt–Daroff manoeuvre at Who Named It?
Carrel–Dakin treatment
Alexis Carrel, Henry Drysdale Dakin
General surgery
Irrigation of wounds with the antiseptic Dakin's solution (no longer used)
Carrel–Dakin treatment at Who Named It?
Epley's manoeuvre
John Epley
Otolaryngology
Manoeuvre used to treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
Epley JM (September 1992). "The canalith repositioning procedure: for treatment of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo". Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 107 (3): 399–404. doi:10.1177/019459989210700310. PMID 1408225.
Heimlich manoeuvre
Henry Heimlich
Emergency medicine
Abdominal thrust used to clear airway obstruction by foreign body
Heimlich's manoeuvre at Who Named It?
Kocher's method
Emil Theodor Kocher
Orthopaedics
Method used to reduce dislocated shoulders
Kocher's method III at Who Named It?
Mitchell's rest cure
Silas Weir Mitchell
Psychiatry
Treatment involving bed rest for anxiety disorders
Mitchell's rest cure at Who Named It?
Ochsner–Sherren treatment
Albert John Ochsner, James Sherren
General surgery
Conservative (i.e. non-operative) management of appendicitis (no longer used)
Ochsner–Sherren treatment at Who Named It?
Pasteur's treatment
Louis Pasteur
Virology
Daily inoculations of suspensions of partially inactivated rabies, used to treat or prevent rabies (no longer used)
Pasteur's treatment at Who Named It?
Plummer treatment
Henry Stanley Plummer
Endocrinology
Use of iodine for the treatment of hyperthyroidism
Plummer treatment at Who Named It?
Semont manoeuvre
A Semont
Otolaryngology
Manoeuvre used to treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
Semont A, Freyss G, Vitte E (1988). "Curing the BPPV with a liberatory maneuver". Adv. Otorhinolaryngol. 42: 290–3. PMID 3213745.
Sippy diet
Bertram Sippy
Gastroenterology
Diet of milk and antacid powders to treat gastric ulcer (no longer used)
Sippy diet at Who Named It?
Stroganoff' method
Vasilii Vasilovich Stroganoff
Obstetrics
Treatment of eclampsia with morphine, chloral hydrate, quiet and rapid delivery (obsolete term)
Stroganoff's method at Who Named It?
Tallerman–Sheffield treatment
Lewis A. Tallerman and Evelyn Sheffield
Rheumatism, pain
Treatment of pain through baking patients alive
Wagner–Jauregg treatment
Julius Wagner Jauregg
Infectious diseases
Treatment of general paresis of the insane by infecting the patient with malaria
Wagner–Jauregg therapy at Who Named It?
Williams Flexion Exercises
Paul C. Williams
Orthopedics
Treatment of low back pain by enhancing lumbar flexion
Williams P.C. (1937), “Lesions of the Lumbosacral Spine: 2. Chronic Traumatic (postural) Destruction of the Lumbosacral Intervertebral Disc”, J Bone Joint Surgery; 29:690–703
Yeo's treatment
Isaac Burney Yeo
Bariatrics
Treatment of obesity using hot drinks and carbohydrate avoidance
Yeo's treatment at Who Named It?
Yuzpe regimen
A. Albert Yuzpe
Gynecology
Two sequential high female hormone doses as emergency contraception
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