An eponymous is the name of a person or place that is used to designate a discovery, illness, concept, town or any type of object, as a tribute to what gives it its name .In medicine it is very common to use eponimos to identify diseases.The eponym is usually the last name of the doctor or scientist who made the discovery or described it for the first time.For years, a large group within the medical profession is trying to eradicate the use of eponyms that come from Nazi doctors , especially when many of them experimented with prisoners in concentration camps.Know these 5 diseases that They are still named after a Nazi doctor.
The name of a Nazi doctor and the disease he designates
Hans Reiter-Reiter's syndrome
Hans Reiter was a doctor affiliated with the party n azi who received authorization to experiment with prisoners in the concentration camps, specifically in the field of Buchenwald his experiments killed more than 250 people Although the name of the syndrome was officially withdrawn years ago and replaced by that of «Reactive arthritis», it is still being used.

Max Clara-Clara's Cell
The so-called "Clara Cells" are a type of cells that line the walls of the pulmonary airways. Max Clara, an activist doctor and declared Nazi , conducted her research with tissues removed of people killed for what he called in a 1937 article, the "justice of the Third Reich".The name proposed to name them the "Club cells" or « bronchiolar exocrine cells».

Friedrich Wegner-Wegner's granulomatosis
Although we have not found war crimes committed by Wegner there is evidence that he was a follower of the Nazi party and a supporter of racial hygiene.He was wanted by the Polish government for his participation in experiments with Jews in the Lodz Ghetto .
Hans Eppinger-Cauchois-Eppinger-Frugoni Syndrome
The name of Cauchois-Eppinger-Frugoni Syndrome is starting to replaced by "Portal vein thrombosis" . Eppinger was a Nazi doctor who carried out terrible experiments with people of ethnicity romani in Dachau concentration camp to check the drinking water The water of the sea: commit suicide shortly before being testified in Nuremberg.
Hans Asperger-Asperger's syndrome
The case of Dr.Hans Asperger is different from the others , since researchers do not agree.Herwig Checa, Austrian holocaust historian, says that sympathized with the Nazi party , that his letters contained enthusiasts Heil Hitler! and that sent a girl to die at the clinic Am Spiegelgrund.

However, other researchers like Steve Silberman believe that Asperger managed to save many children of death when entering the Nazi medical gear.
Did you know that these eponyms came from the surname of a Nazi doctor? Do you know other cases? Do you think it is important to replace the names of these diseases with others? If you were interested in this article, you might want to read:
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Images: Frith U, (WP: NFCC # 4), Dachau concentration camp
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