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You’ve heard their names a million times. The diseases named after them may have personally affected your life or the life of a loved one. But who are these people? Why are these diseases named after them? Turns out many of them had a fascinating life story that you’ve never heard before. So we’re telling their story here in today’s video.
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0:00 – Intro
3:35 – The Earliest Eponymous Diseases
6:58 – Alois Alzheimer
9:15 – Hans Asperger
13:00 – John Langdon Down
18:46 – Lou Gehrig
21:12 – Georges Gilles de la Tourette
22:46 – The Eponym Debate
25:18 – Joe Scott’s Newsletter
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