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IV. Alterations in the Stepping Test After Thermal Stimulation in Normal Subjects

ERIK PEITERSEN, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1963;78(1):59-67.

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In vestibular studies thermal stimulus has been a factor of great importance, as it gives a more reliable unilateral reaction than rotatory and galvanic stimuli. The observation that cold water in the auditory meatus could cause vertigo is an old one. Brown-Séquard in 1860¹⁰ was the first to try to explain the vertigo and walking disturbance caused by cold water in the auditory meatus. In his opinion, it was due to an irritation of the auditory nerve. In 1868 Schmidekam²² demonstrated in experiments upon himself that the vertigo arose also when the water was below body temperature. Toynbee⁴³ showed in 1869 that injection of warm water into the auditory meatus could also induce vertigo. But it was not until the studies of Bárány in the early 20th century that the caloric test gained ground. In 1907 Bárány² demonstrated that the direction of nystagmus depended upon the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK

From the University ENT Clinic, Rigshospitalet (Head: Prof H. K. Kristensen, MD).

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Feb 21, 1963.

Aided by a grant from the Danish Foundation for the Advancement of Medical Science.

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