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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798746503321

Autore

Baloh Robert W (Robert William), <1942->

Titolo

Vertigo : five physician scientists and the quest for a cure / / Robert W. Baloh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

0-19-060014-4

0-19-060015-2

0-19-060013-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

616.8/4106

Soggetti

Vertigo

Vertigo - Treatment

Physicians

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Brain and the Neuronal Theory

Sommario/riassunto

Vertigo: Five Physician Scientists and the Quest for a Cure follows this 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 Sch