Honoring Nazi Doctors and Criminals: The Dark Side of Medical Eponyms

Eponyms honor people who discover diseases, treatments, and procedures. You may be familiar with ones like Alzheimer’s disease, named after Alois Alzheimer, or Hodgkin’s lymphoma, discovered by Thomas Hodgkin. However, our experts explain how eponyms can go awry and place honor on criminals or even the wrong person.

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