Robert Barany
Robert Barany
Róbert Báránywas an Austro-Hungarian otologist. He received the 1914 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the physiology and pathology of the vestibular apparatus...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth22 April 1876
CountryAustria
spontaneity spontaneous deviation
The investigations also proved that there were many cases of spontaneous deviation, i.e. cases where there had been no stimulation of the semi-circular canal apparatus.
absolutely caused disease observed saw symptoms
Vertigo, it was thought at the time, could only be caused by a disease of the cerebellum. He observed this kind of patient for years and saw absolutely no symptoms of brain disease.
movement proving
I was now successful in proving that a direction of movement is localized in the cerebellum.
obviously
It came to me then in a flash that obviously the temperature of the water was responsible for the nystagmus.
pointing proved reactions soon stopped
As soon as I had proved this and, of course, also the normal pointing action and reactions in all other extremities and joints, I stopped the experiment.
frequent human numerous obvious occur spite subjects vertigo
Even such an obvious idea as to observe an animal with vertigo or to rotate an animal did not occur to him, in spite of the fact that he conducted numerous vertigo experiments with human subjects and made frequent use of animal experiments.