List of eponymous medical treatments

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Eponymous medical treatments are generally named after the physician or surgeon who described the treatment.

Treatment | Name | Specialty | Description | Reference/External link

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Brandt–Daroff manoeuvre | Thomas Brandt, Robert B. Daroff | Otolaryngology | Exercises used to treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigo | Brandt–Daroff manoeuvre at Whonamedit?
Carrel–Dakin treatment | Alexis Carrel, Henry Drysdale Dakin | General surgery | Irrigation of wounds with the antiseptic Dakin's solution (no longer used) | Carrel–Dakin treatment at Whonamedit?
Epley's manoeuvre | John Epley | Otolaryngology | Manoeuvre used to treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigo | Epley JM (September 1992). "The canalith repositioning procedure: for treatment of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo". Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 107 (3): 399–404\. doi:10.1177/019459989210700310. PMID 1408225.
Heimlich manoeuvre | Henry Heimlich | Emergency medicine | Abdominal thrust used to clear airway obstruction by foreign body | Heimlich's manoeuvre at Whonamedit?
Kocher's method | Emil Theodor Kocher | Orthopaedics | Method used to reduce dislocated shoulders | Kocher's method III at Whonamedit?
Mitchell's rest cure | Silas Weir Mitchell | Psychiatry | Treatment involving bed rest for anxiety disorders | Mitchell's rest cure at Whonamedit?
Ochsner–Sherren treatment | Albert John Ochsner, James Sherren | General surgery | Conservative (i.e. non-operative) management of appendicitis (no longer used) | Ochsner–Sherren treatment at Whonamedit?
Pasteur's treatment | Louis Pasteur | Virology | Daily inoculations of suspensions of partially inactivated rabies, used to treat or prevent rabies (no longer used) | Pasteur's treatment at Whonamedit?
Plummer treatment | Henry Stanley Plummer | Endocrinology | Use of iodine for the treatment of hyperthyroidism | Plummer treatment at Whonamedit?
Semont manoeuvre | A Semont | Otolaryngology | Manoeuvre used to treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigo | Semont A, Freyss G, Vitte E (1988). "Curing the BPPV with a liberatory maneuver". Adv. Otorhinolaryngol. 42: 290–3\. PMID 3213745.
Sippy diet | Bertram Sippy | Gastroenterology | Diet of milk and antacid powders to treat gastric ulcer (no longer used) | Sippy diet at Whonamedit?
Stroganoff' method | Vasilii Vasilovich Stroganoff | Obstetrics | Treatment of eclampsia with morphine, chloral hydrate, quiet and rapid delivery (obsolete term) | Stroganoff's method at Whonamedit?
Tallerman–Sheffield treatment | Lewis A. Tallerman and Evelyn Sheffield | Rheumatism, pain  | Treatment of pain through baking patients alive  |
Wagner–Jauregg treatment | Julius Wagner Jauregg | Infectious diseases | Treatment of general paresis of the insane by infecting the patient with malaria | Wagner–Jauregg therapy at Whonamedit?
Williams Flexion Exercises | Paul C. Williams | Orthopedics | Treatment of low back pain by enhancing lumbar flexion | Williams P.C. (1937), “Lesions of the Lumbosacral Spine: 2. Chronic Traumatic (postural) Destruction of the Lumbosacral Intervertebral Disc”, J Bone Joint Surgery; 29:690–703
Yeo's treatment | Isaac Burney Yeo | Bariatrics | Treatment of obesity using hot drinks and carbohydrate avoidance | Yeo's treatment at Whonamedit?
Yuzpe regimen | A. Albert Yuzpe | Gynecology | Two sequential high female hormone doses as emergency contraception |

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