Werner Bärtschi-Rochaix

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Werner Bärtschi-Rochaix (born January 9, 1911 in Bern , † 1994 ) was a Swiss neurologist .

Life

Werner Bärtschi-Rochaix studied medicine and received his doctorate from the University of Bern in 1937 . He ran a neurological practice in Bern, where he was one of the first in Switzerland to use an electroencephalography device. His wife Fanny Bärtschi-Rochaix was a rheumatologist . The Swiss Working Group for Electroencephalography (later the Swiss Society for Clinical Neurophysiology ) was founded on October 30, 1948 in the common practice rooms on Sulgeneckstrasse .

In 1949 Werner Bärtschi-Rochaix received his habilitation in neurology from the University of Bern. From 1953 to the beginning of 1956 he was part of the head of the EEG laboratory at Inselspital . He then worked as a professor at the University of Alexandria in Egypt .

From 1963 to 1966 Bärtschi-Rochaix was President of the Swiss Neurological Society .

Bärtschi-Rochaix syndrome

According to Werner Bärtschi-Rochaix is Bärtschi-Rochaix syndrome named the "from headache , paresthesia , numbness , coldness of the ipsilateral arm, blurred vision ( scotoma ), neck stiffness , pain with pressure of the cervical spine, dizziness, drowsiness, decreased hearing, tinnitus and may be dizzy. Possible gastrointestinal symptoms are nausea , vomiting , diarrhea with an unpredictable [?] Course. The triggering factors include emotional tension and rotation or extension of the head, mostly [?] Due to traumatic cerebral artery compression ». The symptom is closely related to the Barré-Lieou syndrome , named after the French neurologist Jean-Alexandre Barré (1880–1967).

Fonts (selection)

As an author:

  • The position of the child in the mother's delusional system. In: Journal for the whole of neurology and psychiatry. Vol. 159, H. 1 (December 1937), pp. 746-760, doi: 10.1007 / BF02870695 (dissertation, University of Bern, 1937).
  • with Helmut Hermann Weber: The oxygen myelography (overpressure method). In: Swiss Medical Weekly . Vol. 74 (1944), H. 37.
  • Migraine cervicale: The encephalic syndrome after cervical trauma. Huber, Bern 1949 (habilitation thesis, University of Bern, 1949).
  • Introduction to neurological diagnostics . Reinhardt, Munich / Basel 1952.
  • A propos du syndrome de l'artère cérébrale antérieure Contribution à la sémiologie topographique. In: Confinia Neurologica . Vol. 14 (1954), pp. 175-179, doi: 10.1159 / 000105707 .
  • with Hans Martin Sutermeister : On the pathophysiology of laughter, at the same time a contribution about light-activated laughter. In: Confinia Neurologica. Vol. 15 (1955), H. 1, pp. 10-32, doi: 10.1159 / 000105337 .
  • The Electro-Encephalogram (EEG) in Migraine and the Influence of Histamine, Hydergine and Lumbar Puncture on the EEG of Migrainous and Non-Migrainous Patients. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology . Vol. 7 (1955), H. 4-6, pp. 381-400, doi: 10.1159 / 000228242 .
  • Multiple sclerosis in Valais. An epidemiological study. Huber, Bern 1977.

As editor:

  • The pain. A collection of lectures from the 2nd day course “Neurology of the General Practitioner”. Basel: Sandoz, 1959.
  • The headache . Basel: Sandoz, 1966.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christian W. Hess: 50 Years of the Swiss Society for Clinical Neurophysiology. In: Swiss Archive for Neurology and Psychiatry . Vol. 149 (1998), H. 6, pp. 257-260.
  2. ^ Christian W. Hess: History of Neurology in Bern. In: Swiss Archive for Neurology and Psychiatry . Vol. 159 (2008), H. 4, pp. 176-182.
  3. ↑ Bärtschi-Rochaix described the syndrome in his work Migraine cervicale (the encephalic syndrome after cervical vertebral trauma) . Bern: Huber, 1949. Source: [1] , or: Thomas HR Pratt and KE Berger : Cerebellar and spinal injuries after chiropractic manipulation. Journal of the American Medical Association . Chicago, 1947. 133. pp. 600-603.
personal data
SURNAME Bärtschi-Rochaix, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss neurologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern
DATE OF DEATH 1994