Beyond Wernicke's: A Lexicon of Eponyms in Psychiatry

Because no one has ever composed a glossary of psychiatry's numerous eponyms, the author collected eponymous signs and syndromes for a behavioral lexicon. Eponyms are included if they recall a real person, if they have special relevance to psychiatry, and if they describe an abnormal symptom or syndrome that we consider clinically important today, even if American physicians no longer favor the eponym. The author used MEDLINE and Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary to locate candidates for the glossary. A brief definition and suggested reference accompany each entry.