1788 EKMAN, Olaus Jacob

Dissertatio medica descriptionem et casus aliquot osteomalaciae sistens.

In his doctoral thesis Ekman gave an account of osteogenesis imperfecta in three generations. For extensive translation see No. 4404.1. K.S. Seedorff, Osteogenesis imperfecta, Copenhagen, 1949.

GMN 4304.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5474

1831 AXMANN, Edmund

Merkwürdige Fragilität der Knochen ohne dyskrasische Ursache als krankhafte Eigenthümlichkeit dreier Geschwister.

Axmann of Wertheim described osteogenesis imperfecta occurring in himself and his two brothers. He referred to the occurrence of articular dislocations and blue sclerotics. See also No. 6367.

GMN 6358.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8256

1900 EDDOWES, Alfred (1850 – 1946)

Dark sclerotics and fragilitas ossium.

“Eddowes’s syndrome” – blue sclerotics and fragility of the bones, occurring as a familial syndrome; osteogenesis imperfecta. See also No. 6358.1.

GMN 6367 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8290