Ejnar Sylvest (1880 – 1972) was a Danish family physician who described Bornholm disease or the "devil's grip" following an outbreak affecting 23 fisherman in Melstedgård and Gudhjem whilst on holiday on Bornholm Island, Denmark.[1][2][3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Ejner Sylvest • LITFL Medical Blog • Medical Eponym Library". Life in the Fast Lane. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ Pickles, William N. (17 June 1954). "Sylvest's Disease (Bornholm Disease)". New England Journal of Medicine. 250 (24): 1033–1036. doi:10.1056/nejm195406172502405. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 13165951.
- ^ Taylor, Robert B. (2017). The Amazing Language of Medicine: Understanding Medical Terms and Their Backstories. Springer. ISBN 9783319503288.
- ^ Tansey, Tilli; Christie, D; Reynolds, L (11 January 1998). Making the human body transparent: the impact of NMR and MRI; Research in general practice; Drugs in psychiatric practice; The MRC Common Cold Unit. Wellcome Trust.
   | This biographical article related to medicine in Denmark is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |