Woywodt Alexander, Matteson Eric
Renal Unit, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Preston, Lancashire PR2 9HT.
BMJ. 2007 Sep 1;335(7617):424. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39308.342639.AD.
Medicine has been enthusiastic in naming tests, symptoms, and diseases after their discoverers. and argue that eponyms are no longer appropriate, but believes they remain a useful reflection of medical history
医学一直热衷于以发现者的名字来命名检测方法、症状和疾病。有人认为以人命名的名称不再合适,但也有人认为它们仍是医学历史的有益反映。