Purtscher's retinopathy presents to the clinician as loss of vision in a patient with a history of a possible precipitating event such as recent major trauma, pancreatitis, childbirth or renal failure. The ophthalmological picture is one of ischaemia at the posterior pole with white patches ofoedema and haemorrhages concentrated around the optic disc. The most probable pathological cause is emb...

Many outstanding scientists have given their names to anatomic structures through time. Recently the use of eponyms has been at the center of a very interesting debate in the columns of prestigious medical journals. Even if some authors have questioned their adoption, not only do the names of great figures in the history of medicine appear inextricably linked to human body structures but they a...

Since Linnaeus popularized the system of binomial nomenclature to describe living organisms, it has been common practice name species after people (eponyms). Trends in naming were analyzed endemic flora New Caledonia, a biodiversity hotspot South-West Pacific. It was found that eponyms predominantly from France and other European countries, lesser extent neighboring countries Oceania or North A...