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Eustace Smith
British physician, born 1835; died November 14, 1914.
Associated eponyms:
Fischer's syndrome (Louis Fischer)
Obsolete term for an auscultatory diagnosis in tuberculosis of the bronchial glands in children.
Smith's disease (Eustace Smith)
A gastrointestinal motor disorder not associated with inflammatory changes or other forms of recognizable organic pathology.
Biography:
Eustace Smith worked at the East London Hospital for Children and at the Victoria Park Hospital for Diseases of the Chest.
Bibliography:
- On the wasting disease of infants and children.
London, 1868; 2nd edition, 1888.
- A practical treatise on diseases in children. London, 1876; 3rd edition, 1909.
- Clinical studies of diseases in children. London, 1876; 2nd edition, 1887.
- Some common remedia and their use in practice. London, 1910.
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