Animals eponyms in dermatology

Abstract

The world of Dermatology is flooded with inflexions among clinical conditions and signs and syndromes; making it interesting, but a tougher subject to remember. Signs and syndromes have always fascinated residents, but simultaneously burdened their minds, as these attractive names are difficult to remember. This work was undertaken to review dermatological conditions and signs based on commonly encountered daily words and objects like animals, etc. Fifty dermatological conditions were found to be based on animal eponyms. For example, the usage of animal terminology in dermatology like leonine facies is present in leprosy, sarcoidosis, mycosis fungoides (MF), and airborne contact dermatitis (ABCD).

Antimicrobial and Phytochemical Analyses of Sida acuta Leaf Extracts on Selected Wound Isolates

“…Medicinal plants are distributed throughout the world, but they are most bountiful in the tropical countries. The use of medicinal plants to handle diseases is almost common among nonindustrialized societies of the world and is often more affordable and available than purchasing the expensive modern pharmaceuticals (Jindal et al, 2012).…”

“…Infection of a wound is the successful invasion by one or more species of microorganisms anywhere within the body's sterile tissues which sometimes results in pus formation. Wound infections may occur due to an accidental trauma and injections, but post-operative wound infections in hospital and medical centers are most common (Jindal et al, 2012).…”

Respect the history

“…I have read with interest the paper by Jindal N and colleagues recently published in your esteemed journal. [ 1 ] I have noticed that the paper has been co-authored by two non-dermatologists belonging to the faculty of pharmacology and clinical hematology. With this background, I have noticed that few errors have crept in the paper which can be directly attributed to a non-dermatologist co-authoring a paper which needs a good theoretical and clinical knowledge of the subject.…”

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“…Culinary medical analogies have found favor in a variety of medical disciplines including dermatology [1,2], pathology [3][4][5], pediatrics [6,7], obstetrics/gynecology [8] and radiology [9,10]. As individuals, food-derived medical metaphors offer familiarity and humor to an often tedious field bogged down with memorization and complex algorithms.…”