Busy, busy Cushing

A trend in medical terminology is to avoid the use of eponyms, or "tombstone names" -- a particular person's name given to an entity. For example, one might come across Cushing's syndrome, Cushing's disease (which can be a cause of Cushing's syndrome), Cushing's reflex, Cushing's triad (the classic sign of Cushing's reflex), or a Cushing's ulcer.

Of course, one has to admire the guy. Somehow while doing all that medical research he still found time to play Grand Moff Tarkin in the original Star Wars.