THE RIDDLE OF SARCOIDOSIS (HUTCHINSON-BOECK GRANULOMATOSIS)
Authors: W S MIDDLETON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Article1 September 1954THE RIDDLE OF SARCOIDOSIS (HUTCHINSON-BOECK GRANULOMATOSIS)WILLIAM S. MIDDLETON, M.D., M.A.C.P.WILLIAM S. MIDDLETON, M.D., M.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-41-3-465 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTraditionally, the medical literature has been embellished by the liberal utilization of eponyms. The names of the inventors of instruments cling tenaciously to their brain children for generations. Symptoms, signs and diseases bear their discoverers' names to posterity. On occasions this time-honored formula may misdirect the credit for priority, but in this materialistic period of medicine it at least lends a human touch that is sorely needed. Furthermore, the curious minded may be stimulated by this circumstance to explore the sources of such eponyms. 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