Laryngology

The Laryngology is the medical specialty that deals with the larynx busy and its diseases. The name is historically justified when the medical specialties ENT and phoniatrics - pediatric audiology did not yet exist in their current form and doctors with different specialist backgrounds focus on individual sub-areas of today's subjects such as B. turned to laryngology, rhinology or otology . The first laryngectomy was performed by Theodor Billroth in Vienna in 1873 .

Today, doctors from one of the two specialist fields that mainly deal with laryngeal diseases are often referred to as "laryngologists" in medical jargon as an expression of the strong sub-specialization.

Historical representatives

• Ludwig Türck (1810–1868)
• Johann Nepomuk Czermak (1828–1873)
• Karl Stoerk (1832–1899)
• Johann Schnitzler (1835-1893)
• Leopold Schrötter von Kristelli (1837–1908)
• Philipp Schech (1845–1905)
• Georg Juffinger (1853-1913)
• Ottokar von Chiari (1853-1918)
• Emil Fröschels (1884–1972)

literature

• Eberhard Kruse: Functional Laryngology. Anatomy, pathophysiology, diagnostics, therapy and control loop control of the voice function . Elsevier, Urban & Fischer, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-437-44432-6 .