List of eponymous medical treatments

Eponymous medical treatments are generally named after the physician or surgeon who described the treatment.

Letter	Treatment	Name	Specialty	Description	Reference/External link
B	Brandt–Daroff manoeuvre	Thomas Brandt, Robert B. Daroff	Otolaryngology	Exercises used to treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigo	Brandt–Daroff manoeuvre at Who Named It?
C	Carrel–Dakin treatment	Alexis Carrel, Henry Drysdale Dakin	General surgery	Irrigation of wounds with the antiseptic Dakin's solution (no longer used)	Carrel–Dakin treatment at Who Named It?
E	Epley's manoeuvre	John Epley	Otolaryngology	Manoeuvre used to treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigo	Epley JM (September 1992). "The canalith repositioning procedure: for treatment of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo". Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 107 (3): 399–404. doi:10.1177/019459989210700310. PMID 1408225.
H	Heimlich manoeuvre	Henry Heimlich	Emergency medicine	Abdominal thrust used to clear airway obstruction by foreign body	Heimlich's manoeuvre at Who Named It?
K	Kocher's method	Emil Theodor Kocher	Orthopaedics	Method used to reduce dislocated shoulders	Kocher's method III at Who Named It?
M	Mitchell's rest cure	Silas Weir Mitchell	Psychiatry	Treatment involving bed rest for anxiety disorders	Mitchell's rest cure at Who Named It?
O	Ochsner–Sherren treatment	Albert John Ochsner, James Sherren	General surgery	Conservative (i.e. non-operative) management of appendicitis (no longer used)	Ochsner–Sherren treatment at Who Named It?
P	Pasteur's treatment	Louis Pasteur	Virology	Daily inoculations of suspensions of partially inactivated rabies, used to treat or prevent rabies (no longer used)	Pasteur's treatment at Who Named It?
P	Plummer treatment	Henry Stanley Plummer	Endocrinology	Use of iodine for the treatment of hyperthyroidism	Plummer treatment at Who Named It?
S	Semont manoeuvre	A Semont	Otolaryngology	Manoeuvre used to treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigo	Semont A, Freyss G, Vitte E (1988). "Curing the BPPV with a liberatory maneuver". Adv. Otorhinolaryngol. 42: 290–3. PMID 3213745.
S	Sippy diet	Bertram Sippy	Gastroenterology	Diet of milk and antacid powders to treat gastric ulcer (no longer used)	Sippy diet at Who Named It?
S	Stroganoff' method	Vasilii Vasilovich Stroganoff	Obstetrics	Treatment of eclampsia with morphine, chloral hydrate, quiet and rapid delivery (obsolete term)	Stroganoff's method at Who Named It?
W	Wagner–Jauregg treatment	Julius Wagner Jauregg	Infectious diseases	Treatment of general paresis of the insane by infecting the patient with malaria	Wagner–Jauregg therapy at Who Named It?
W	Williams Flexion Exercises	Paul C. Williams	Orthopedics	Treatment of low back pain by enhancing lumbar flexion	Williams P.C. (1937), “Lesions of the Lumbosacral Spine: 2. Chronic Traumatic (postural) Destruction of the Lumbosacral Intervertebral Disc”, J Bone Joint Surgery; 29:690–703
Y	Yeo's treatment	Isaac Burney Yeo	Bariatrics	Treatment of obesity using hot drinks and carbohydrate avoidance	Yeo's treatment at Who Named It?
Y	Yuzpe regimen	A. Albert Yuzpe	Gynecology	Two sequential high female hormone doses as emergency contraception

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