Alzheimer disease
In the early twentieth century, in 1901, German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer named treated patient, sickness which after her death in 1906, was named after Alzheimer's. The first person who called him an independent disease, was Emil Kraepelin. In 1910, he gave her in his textbook on psychiatry parallel name "presenile dementia". The inventor was born, grew up and received his medical education in Würzburg and later lived and worked in Frankfurt. At age 31 became the head of Alzheimer's Research Institute; there he worked all his life. This brilliant doctor, not only was the author of many books on psychiatry and neurology, but also made an invaluable contribution to the study of the nervous system.
Parkinson's Disease
This disease has been known as "shaking palsy" long before James Parkinson identified it as an independent unit, described and dismantled in his "Essay on the Shaking Palsy". Subsequently, the disease and was named man who first described it. To date the origin of the disease remains unclear until the end it is not yet known.
Down's syndrome
This syndrome was named after the English physician John Down, who first described it in 1866 and described as a mental disorder. In 1975, scientists from the American Institute proposed to eliminate the possessive form in the name of the syndrome, however, the name "Down syndrome" is still widespread throughout the world.
Crohn's disease
This disease got its name in honor of the American gastroenterologist Birr Bernard Krone. In 1932, the scientist, together with two colleagues (Gordon Oppenheimer and Leon Ginzburg) published the first description of the disease and described 14 cases of it. However, the causes of Crohn's disease is still unknown; among them is called genetic, infectious and hereditary factors.
Huntington's disease
As the disease of the nervous system can be called a syndrome or chorea. It received its name in honor of one is not even three generations of doctors who have studied it in America, the State of Connecticut.
Huntington's disease is characterized by impaired motor coordination, memory loss, emotional deficit, aggression, inadequate actions of the patient. Death of the patient is usually 15 or 20 years after the onset of the disease. However, the cause is not the disease itself and its accompanying disorders.
Tourette's syndrome
Eponym suggested Jean Charcot, a teacher of Gilles de la Tourette, who later became a renowned neurologist and in 1885 described 9 cases of the syndrome. Previously, the disease was considered a rare and even strange. However, in today's world, the representatives of Tourette syndrome can be seen frequently. They differ tic disorders, as well as the spontaneous utterance of prohibited or undesirable words and phrases. Among the reasons experts call syndrome environmental and genetic factors.
Addison's disease
It was first described by the British physician Thomas Addison in 1855. Its publication was entitled "Constitutional and Local Effects of the disease of the adrenal cortex." The essence of the disease, according to the inventor, was a chronic adrenal insufficiency, which ultimately leads to a lack of the hormone cortisol. The result may be a loss of weight and appetite, muscle weakness, chronic fatigue, tachycardia, and more.