Eponymous Baseball-Related Disease Names Not in OED

[Shapiro, Fred]

Will this lead to the disease being renamed Stephen Hawking's Disease?

Fred Shapiro




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Subject: Re: Eponymous Baseball-Related Disease Names Not in OED

Tangential, but NPR reported a study yesterday claiming that Lou
Gehrig did not suffer from Lou Gehrig's disease but rather from
traumatic brain injury.  A hollow eponym?

Herb

On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
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> I notice that "Tommy John surgery" is not in OED.  More surprisingly, "Lou Gehrig's disease" also does not appear to be included.
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