Funny enough, I just searched for "eponymous disease" and there's a wiki list article for them.
An eponymous disease is a disease, disorder, condition, or syndrome named after a person, usually the physician or other health care professional who first identified the disease; less commonly, a patient who had the disease...
I can't think of a single eponymous disease that isn't named after the discoverer.
There's the story of Phineas Gage, but that's about it.
Funny enough, I just searched for "eponymous disease" and there's a wiki list article for them.
Good example.
Also true that the Lou Gehrig part isn't heard much anymore.
He's less culturally-relevant on account of being long dead.
Using his name to market your foundation doesn't have the effectiveness it once did.