The Vestibular System and Its Diseases
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The Vestibular System and Its Diseases

Transactions of the International Vestibular Symposium of the Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania

  1. 560 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Vestibular System and Its Diseases

Transactions of the International Vestibular Symposium of the Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania

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This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1, 100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

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Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Contributors
  3. Contents
  4. Developmental and Adult Anatomy of the Membranous Labyrinth in Man
  5. Ultrastructure of the Vestibular Sense Organ
  6. The Ascending Vestibular System and Its Relationship to Conjugate Horizontal Eye Movements
  7. The Vestibular Efferent Pathway
  8. Further Observations on the Mechanism of Vestibular Suppression
  9. The Relationship of the Semicircular Canals to Induced Head and Eye Movements in Mammals
  10. Discussion
  11. Biochemistry of the Labyrinthine Fluids
  12. Experimental Meniere's Disease
  13. The Caloric Test: A Review of Its Principles and Practice with Especial Reference to the Phenomenon of Directional Preponderance
  14. The Parallel Swing Test
  15. Ocular Counterrolling
  16. Modification of Vestibular Responses Induced by Unnatural Patterns of Vestibular Stimulation
  17. Discussion
  18. Electronystagmography - Its Value as a Diagnostic Tool
  19. Laterotorsion
  20. Discussion
  21. Calorization in Relation to Otoneurologic Diagnosis
  22. Discussion
  23. Electronystagmography: Its Perspective, Advantages, and Limitations in Routine Vestibular Testing
  24. Discussion
  25. The Evaluation of the Caloric Test
  26. Audiologic Patterns in Vestibular Disorders
  27. Diagnostic Significance of Vertigo
  28. Discussion
  29. Meniere's Disease: Pathology and Manifestations
  30. Some Observations on the Character and Mechanism of Spontaneous Nystagmus in Subjects with Tumors of the VIII Nerve
  31. Benign Positional Vertigo
  32. The Pathophysiology of Angle Tumors
  33. Surgery of Eighth Nerve Tumors
  34. Discussion
  35. Vestibular Problems in Relation to Space Travel
  36. Vestibular Neuritis
  37. Discussion
  38. Vertigo Related to Alteration in Arterial Blood Flow
  39. Discussion
  40. Medical Treatment of Meniere's Disease
  41. Surgical Treatment of Meniere's Disease
  42. Experimental Use of Ultrasonic Sound
  43. Ultrasonic Destruction of the Vestibular Receptors
  44. Labyrinthine Surgery for Vertigo
  45. Discussion
  46. Summary of Vestibular Symposium