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>Asperger's Syndrome
>Tourette's Syndrome
>Dejerine–Sottas disease
>Ehlers–Danlos syndrome
>Crohn's disease
>Parkinson's disease
>Hodgkin's lymphoma
>Alzheimer's
>Klinefelter Syndrome

Tell me /sci/, why are so many diseases named after their discoverer?

If you were a medical professional, and you discovered a new disease, would you really want it named after you?

It seems like the prestige of discovering it would be outweighed by the fact that your name and the names of your descendants are associated with the disease. If my last name were Tourette or Asperger, I couldn't help but feel somewhat resentful of the fact that the first thing that comes to peoples minds is a specific illness.

>> No.8856133

>tfw my last name is literally Tourette

25 years of smart remarks. Kill me.

>> No.8856134

>>8856133
>>tfw my last name is literally Tourette

>25 years of smart remarks. FUCK

ftfy

>> No.8856496

>>8856129
Even worse when it's hard to spell.

>> No.8856545

>>8856129
But Faggotry is not called OP?

>> No.8856616

Because it's standard practice to name a discovery after the guy who discovered it?
10/10 got me to respond

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>>8856129
Is being infamous better than nothing? Ask Hitler.

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>>8856134
Kek

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>>8856134