Allusionist 45: Eponyms II - Name That Disease — The Allusionist
theallusionist.org/name-that-diseaseIf you love eponyms like Roman Mars loves eponyms, I'm afraid physician Isaac Siemens is here to deliver some bad news: medics are ditching them, in favour of terms that a) contain information about what the ailment actually is, and/or b) don't honour Nazi war criminals. Eponyms are controversial things.