BookRobert W. Baloh, MD, Professor of Neurology and Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Director of Neurotology Clinic and Laboratory, Ronald Regan Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
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.