| Plummer, Henry | <person> U.S. Physician, 1874-1937. See: Plummer's dilator, Plummer's disease, Plummer-Vinson syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Plummer's dilator | An instrument for dilating the lower end of the oesophagus in cardiospasm; it consists of a rubber tube with a perforated metal tip, and a dilatable elongated balloon near its lower end; in difficult cases the tube is threaded along a guiding thread swallowed by the patient. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| plummer's disease | Toxic multinodular goiter. Also called parry's disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| plummer-vinson syndrome | <radiology> Iron-deficiency anaemia, oesophageal webs (symptomatic), glossitis, spoon nails, middle-aged females, increased incidence of oesophageal carcinoma, see also: oesophageal webs and rings aka: Patterson-Kelly syndrome (12 Dec 1998) |
| disease, plummer's | Toxic multinodular goiter, a condition in which the thyroid gland contains multiple lumps (nodules) that are overactive and produce excess thyroid hormones. This condition is also known as Parry's disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Albert, Henry | <person> U.S. Physician, 1878-1930. See: Albert's stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Alstrom, Carl-Henry | <person> Swedish geneticist, *1907. See: Alstrom's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Armstrong, Henry | <person> British physician. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bannister, Henry | <person> U.S. Physician, 1844-1920. See: Bannister's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bazett, Henry | <person> English cardiologist, *1885. See: Bazett's formula. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bence Jones, Henry | <person> British physician, 1814-1873. See: Bence Jones albumin, Bence Jones cylinders, Bence Jones myeloma, Bence Jones proteins, Bence Jones reaction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bigelow, Henry | <person> U.S. Surgeon, 1818-1890. See: Bigelow's ligament, Bigelow's septum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brooke, Henry | <person> English dermatologist, 1854-1919. See: Brooke's disease, Brooke's tumour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Burton, Henry | <person> English physician, 1799-1849. See: Burton's line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Carden, Henry | <person> British surgeon, +1872. See: Carden's amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pancoast, Henry | <person> U.S. Roentgenologist, 1875-1939. See: Pancoast syndrome, Pancoast tumour. (05 Mar 2000) |