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JAMA. 1970;213(3):456.

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The wish for perpetuity of fame and name is universal. It may find poetic expression in Ovid's "Exegi monumentum..." wherein the poet tells of his invisible monument impervious to the erosion of time. Conquerors of mountain tops may dream of lofty peaks bearing their names. On a less exalted plane famous restaurateurs may anticipate the posthumous perpetuation of their names as exemplified by "Maxim's," "Lindy's," and "Antoine's." In the world of medicine, this wish for immortality finds its realization in eponyms.

How immortal, in effect, are eponyms and how secure is their tenure on the diseases, symptoms, therapeutic procedures, laboratory tests, radiologic and electrocardiographic findings, and even procedures of physical diagnosis, which they designate? Clearly, some eponyms last longer than others. While Argyll Robertson pupil and Fallot's tetralogy appear to be permanently incorporated into medical nosology, Heine-Medin disease and Kalischer-Parks-Christian-Weber are names but rarely heard in association with the diseases . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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