Otology
The Otology (from ancient Greek οὖς OUS [ Gen. ὠτός Otos ] "ear" and -logie ), formerly otology , German and throat medicine , is the medical specialty that deals with the ear 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.
Nowadays, ENT doctors, who mainly deal with ear diseases, are often referred to as "otologists" again as an expression of the strong sub-specialization in medical jargon.
Historical representatives
- Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774-1838)
- Prosper Menière (1799–1862)
- Ignaz Gulz (1814–1874)
- Joseph Toynbee (1815-1866)
- William Wilde (1815–1876)
- Anton Friedrich von Tröltsch (1829–1890)
- Ádám Politzer (1835–1920)
- Friedrich Bezold (1842–1908)
- Erhard Glaser (1870-1947)
- Carl Otto von Eicken (1873–1960)
literature
- Adam Politzer: History of Ear Medicine. I-II, Stuttgart 1907/1913.
- Christian von Deuster: ear diseases. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 1066 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Renate Wahrig-Burfeind (Ed.): True. Illustrated dictionary of the German language . ADAC-Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-577-10051-6 , pp. 629 .