Two hundred and ten entries to physicians for whom genetic disorders and syndromes were named. Section I contains pictures, references, biographical information, and comments on the eponymic nomenclature. Section II gives briefer information and has entries for some persons still living. New eponyms not yet in wide usage are not included. General index.

Section 1. Portraits & biographies of 100 physicians whose names have been applied to genetic syndromes + commentary on the development of the nomenclature; Section 2. Brief biographical information on 110 physicians.