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Alfred Washington Adson
American neurosurgeon, 1887-1951.
Associated eponyms:
Adson's manoeuvre
A test for thoracic outlet syndrome.
Adson-Coffey syndrome
Thoracic outlet syndrome with compression of the nerves and vessels in the outlet of the thorax and the costoclavicular area or between the clavicle and the first rib.
Adson-Graefe forceps
125 mm long tissue forceps.
Beckman-Adson retractor
An instrument for holding back the margins of a wound.
Haven's syndrome
A syndrome characterised by pain in the wrist which progresses to the shoulder, a pallor of the hand and wrist, and loss of radial pulsation.
Tay-Sachs disease
A genetic disorder characterized by mental and motor deterioration and death within third year of life.
Biography:
Alfred Washington Adson Adson attended the University of Nebraska, graduating in 1912. Working at the Mayo clinic he became a pioneer of neurosurgery. He was one of the first to use sympathectomy for the treatment of hypertension, and cervical sympathectomy for Raynaud’s syndrome.
Bibliography:
- I. S. Ravdin, A. W. Adson, editors:
Surgery. Philadelphia, 1935.
- Barry G. Firkin and Judith A. Whitworth:
Dictionary of Medical Eponyms.
The Parthenon Publishing Group. 1989. New edition in 2002.
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