William W. Adson, Mary L. Adson and Martin Adson, head of a section of surgery in the Mayo Clinic. Selected works Surgical Consideration of Brain Tumors (1934) The Surgical Management of Brain Abscess (1935) The Treatment of Cranial Osteomyelitis and Brain Abscess (1938) Eponymous attributes Adson-Coffey syndrome. Named by Adson and Jay R Coffey, also called thoracic outlet syndrome, a condition which involves pressure on the nerve bundle that leaves the thoracic cavity in the region of the armpit. Adson manoeuvre: used to elicit Adson's sign. A loss of the radial pulse on the side affected by TOS when the patient fills their lungs and turns their head with stretched neck, to the affected side. Adson-Graeff forceps: 125mm-long tissue forceps. Beckman-Adson retractor: used for holding open surgical incisions. Adson dissecting forceps: used for holding fine tissue. References Further reading External links 1887 births 1951 deaths People from Dickinson County, Iowa University of Nebraska alumni Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni United States Army personnel of World War I United States Army Medical Corps officers American neurosurgeons Physicians from Minnesota American people of Norwegian descent 20th-century surgeons Military personnel from Iowa