Alzheimer , Crohn and Crohn used to be just names of people . But they are now attached to the diseases that they identified or studied . English Dr. Addison described autistic syndrome in 1944 . Addison 's name linked to disease because it was listed first among one authors of study .
Alzheimer , Addison and Crohn used to be just names of people . But they are now attached to the diseases that they identified or studied . Austrian Dr. Hans Asperger described autistic syndrome in 1944 . Crohn 's name linked to disease because it was listed first among 3 authors of study .