TY  - BOOK
AU  - Baloh,Robert W.
TI  - Vertigo: five physician scientists and the quest for a cure 
SN  - 9780190600129 (alk. paper)
AV  - RB150.V4 B35 2017
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Vertigo
KW  - history
KW  - Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
KW  - therapy
KW  - Physicians
KW  - Print books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
ER  -