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Things Unexpectedly Named After People (notes.rolandcrosby.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Ninjazzon@infosec.pub to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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An incomplete and infuriating list

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[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fowler%27s_position

"Sitting down" in a hospital setting is named after some dude, and that name is actually used in medicine.

[–] candybrie@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

It's more sitting up. You're going from laying to sitting with legs mostly parallel to the floor. Rather than from standing to sitting with calves mostly perpendicular to the floor.