Vertigo : five physician scientists and the quest for a cure / Robert W. Baloh, MD (Professor of Neurology and Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicin at UCLA, Director of the Neurotology Clinic and Laboratory, Ronald Regan Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA).

Author
Baloh, Robert W. (Robert William), 1942- [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
  • ©2017
Description
xiii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    Vertigo: Five Physician Scientists and the Quest for a Cure follows a centuries long trek. The book follows the key discoveries made by Prosper Meniere (1799-1862) who first recognized that vertigo could originate from the inner ear, Josef Breuer (1842-1925) who conducted groundbreaking research on the inner ear during his evenings at home after he spent his days working in a busy private medical practice, Robert Barany (1876-1936) who received the Nobel Prize for his early work on the inner ear, Charles Hallpike (1900-1979) who showed that BPPV originates from the inner ear, and Harold Schuknecht (1917-1996) who provided key observations on the mechanism of BPPV. --Publisher description.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Ménière recognizes that vertigo can originate from the inner ear
    • Ménière, a man of many interests
    • Breuer discovers how the balance portion of the inner ear works
    • Breuer, the Renaissance man
    • Breuer's experiments on the semicircular canals and otolith organs
    • Breuer's contributions to psychiatry and philosophy
    • Politzer's otology clinic and the discovery of the caloric test
    • Bárány's formative years and the conflict in Politzer's clinic
    • The war years and Bárány's decision to leave Vienna
    • Bárány's test battery and the first description of BPPV
    • Bárány's life in Uppsala and his work with Lorente de Nó
    • Hallpike and the pathology of Ménière's disease
    • Hallpike's formative years
    • Hallpike's caloric test
    • Hallpike defines the syndrome of BPPV
    • Schuknecht and his breakthrough on BPPV
    • Schuknecht's temporal bone bank in Boston
    • Schuknecht's crusade against myths in otology
    • Semont and Epley maneuvers
    • Evolution of treatment maneuvers for BPPV
    • Summary and future directions.
    ISBN
    • 9780190600129 ((alk. paper))
    • 0190600128 ((alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2016021216
    OCLC
    964291438
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