Hand–Schüller–Christian disease was named for the American pediatrician Alfred Hand Jr., the Austrian neuroradiologist Arthur Schüller, and the American internist Henry Asbury Christian, who described it in 1893, 1915 and 1919, respectively.
This condition was named after American pediatrician Alfred Hand Jr., Austrian neuroradiologist Arthur Schüller, and American internist Henry Asbury Christian, who independently described it in the years 1893, 1915, and 1919.