list of eponymous medical treatments list of eponymous medical treatments eponymous medical treatments are generally named after the physician or surgeon who described the treatment. treatmentnamespecialtydescriptionreference/external link brandt–daroff manoeuvrethomas brandt, robert b. daroffotolaryngologyexercises used to treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigobrandt–daroff manoeuvre at who named it? carrel–dakin treatmentalexis carrel, henry drysdale dakingeneral surgeryirrigation of wounds with the antiseptic dakin's solution (no longer used)carrel–dakin treatment at who named it? epley's manoeuvrejohn epleyotolaryngologymanoeuvre used to treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigoepley 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. heimlich manoeuvrehenry heimlichemergency medicineabdominal thrust used to clear airway obstruction by foreign bodyheimlich's manoeuvre at who named it? kocher's methodemil theodor kocherorthopaedicsmethod used to reduce dislocated shoulderskocher's method iii at who named it? mitchell's rest curesilas weir mitchellpsychiatrytreatment involving bed rest for anxiety disordersmitchell's rest cure at who named it? ochsner–sherren treatmentalbert john ochsner, james sherrengeneral surgeryconservative (i.e. non-operative) management of appendicitis (no longer used)ochsner–sherren treatment at who named it? pasteur's treatmentlouis pasteurvirologydaily inoculations of suspensions of partially inactivated rabies, used to treat or prevent rabies (no longer used)pasteur's treatment at who named it? plummer treatmenthenry stanley plummerendocrinologyuse of iodine for the treatment of hyperthyroidismplummer treatment at who named it? semont manoeuvrea semontotolaryngologymanoeuvre used to treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigosemont a, freyss g, vitte e (1988). "curing the bppv with a liberatory maneuver". adv. otorhinolaryngol. 42: 290–3. pmid 3213745. sippy dietbertram sippygastroenterologydiet of milk and antacid powders to treat gastric ulcer (no longer used)sippy diet at who named it? stroganoff' methodvasilii vasilovich stroganoffobstetricstreatment of eclampsia with morphine, chloral hydrate, quiet and rapid delivery (obsolete term)stroganoff's method at who named it? tallerman–sheffield treatment lewis a. tallerman and evelyn sheffield rheumatism, pain treatment of pain through baking patients alive wagner–jauregg treatmentjulius wagner jauregginfectious diseasestreatment of general paresis of the insane by infecting the patient with malariawagner–jauregg therapy at who named it? williams flexion exercisespaul c. williamsorthopedicstreatment of low back pain by enhancing lumbar flexionwilliams 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 yeo's treatmentisaac burney yeobariatricstreatment of obesity using hot drinks and carbohydrate avoidanceyeo's treatment at who named it? yuzpe regimena. albert yuzpegynecologytwo sequential high female hormone doses as emergency contraception