| Volkmann, Alfred | <person> German physiologist, 1800-1877. See: Volkmann's canals. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Volkmann, Alfred Wilhelm | <person> Was Professor of Physiology and Anatomy in Dorpat and later in Halle. Volkmann's Canals - canals in bone carrying blood vessels from the periosteum. Lived: 1800-1877. B. Leipzig, Jul 1st, 1800, d. Halle, Apr 21st, 1877. (05 Dec 1998) |
| Volkmann, Richard | <person> German surgeon, 1830-1889. See: Volkmann's cheilitis, Volkmann's contracture, Volkmann's spoon. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Volkmann's canals | Vascular canal's in compact bone that, unlike those of the haversian system, are not surrounded by concentric lamellae of bone; they run for the most part transversely, perforating the lamellae of the haversian system, and communicate with the canal's of that system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Volkmann's cheilitis | An acquired disorder, of unknown aetiology, of the lower lip characterised by swelling, ulceration, crusting, mucous gland hyperplasia, abscesses, and sinus tracts. Synonym: Baelz' disease, myxadenitis labialis, Volkmann's cheilitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Volkmann's contracture | Ischemic contracture resulting from irreversible necrosis of muscle tissue, produced by a compartment syndrome; classically involves the forearm flexor muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Volkmann's spoon | A sharp spoon for scraping away carious bone or other diseased tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Adler, Alfred | <person> Austrian psychiatrist, 1870-1937. See: adlerian psychology, adlerian psychoanalysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Adson, Alfred W | <person> U.S. Neurosurgeon, 1887-1951. See: Adson's test, Adson forceps, Adson manoeuvre, Brown-Adson forceps. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Alfred Wallace | <person> A British naturalist who founded the field of biogeography and independently formulated a theory of natural selection around the same time that Darwin was doing his work. Lived: 1823-1913. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Allen, Alfred | <person> U.S. Chemist, 1846-1904. See: Allen's test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bielschowsky, Alfred | <person> German ophthalmologist, 1871-1940. See: Bielschowsky's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Biesiadecki, Alfred von | <person> Polish physician, 1839-1888. See: Biesiadecki's fossa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Binet, Alfred | <person> French psychologist, 1857-1911. See: Binet age, Binet scale, Binet test, Binet-Simon scale, Stanford-Binet intelligence scale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Blalock, Alfred | <person> U.S. Surgeon, 1899-1965. See: Blalock shunt, Blalock-Hanlon operation, Blalock-Taussig operation, Blalock-Taussig shunt. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bruck, Alfred | <person> German physician, *1865. See: Bruck's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| MacConkey, Alfred | <person> British bacteriologist, 1861-1931. See: MacConkey agar. (05 Mar 2000) |