It's high time to denazify the medical curriculum

Clara cell = Club cell

Reiter's syndrome = Reactive arthritis

Reiter’s spirochete = Treponema forans

Wegener's granulomatosis = Granulomatosis with polyangiitis

Seitelberger disease = Infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy

Van Bogaert–Scherer–Epstein syndrome = Cerebrotendineous xanthomatosis

Cauchois–Eppinger–Frugoni syndrome = Portal vein thrombosis

Eppinger’s spider nevus = spider neviis

Hallervorden–Spatz disease = Neuroaxonal dystrophy/ Martha Alma Disease

Beck-Ibrahim disease = Congenital cutaneous candidiasis

Reiter’s test = Complement fixation test for syphilis

Spatz-Stiefler reaction = paralysis agitans reaction

Curth-Macklin syndr = Ichthyosis hystrix/
congenital reticulate ichthyosiform erythrode

Goebell-Stoeckel Frangenheim operation = Pubovaginal fascial sling operation for stress incontinence

Schauta-Stoeckel operation = Radical vaginal hysterectomy with lymphadenectomy

Kelly-Stoeckel suture = Anterior colporrhaphy

Apert’s syndrome = Acrocephalosyndactyly, type I

Apert-Crouzon syndrome = Acrocephalosyndactyly, type II

Bundle of His = Atrioventricular bundle

Kaplan-Kennedy test = Outdated test for spinal stenosis

Foster Kennedy Syndrome = Basofrontal syndrome or
ipsilateral optic atrophy with contralateral papilledema

These names shouldn't be in curricula without making their actions explicit.

We shouldn't honour individuals who have committed crimes against humanity with eponymous conditions, but remember their victims.

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