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Robert Bárány (22 April 1876 – 8 April 1936) was a Jewish^[1]-Hungarian^[2]^[3]^[4] born Austrian physician.^[5] For his work on the physiology and pathology of the vestibular apparatus of the ear he received the 1914 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Bárány was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. He attended medical school at Vienna University, graduating in 1900. As a doctor in Vienna, Bárány was syringing fluid into the inner ear of a patient to relieve the patient's dizzy spells. The patient experienced vertigo and nystagmus (involuntary eye movement) when Bárány injected fluid that was too cold. In response, Bárány warmed the fluid for the patient and the patient experienced nystagmus in the opposite direction. Bárány theorized that the endolymph was sinking when it was cool and rising when it was warm, and thus the direction of flow of the endolymph was providing the proprioceptive signal to the vestibular organ. He followed up on this observation with a series of experiments on what he called the caloric reaction. The research resulting from his observations made surgical treatment of vestibular organ diseases possible. Bárány also investigated other aspects of equilibrium control, including the function of the cerebellum.

He served with the Austrian army during World War I as a civilian surgeon and was captured by the Russian Army. When his Nobel Prize was awarded in 1914, Bárány was in a Russian prisoner of war camp. He was released in 1916 following diplomatic negotiations with Russia conducted by Prince Carl of Sweden and the Red Cross. He was then able to attend the Nobel Prize awards ceremony in 1916, where he was awarded his prize. From 1917 until his death he was professor at Uppsala University.

He died shortly before his sixtieth birthday at Uppsala.

References

↑ Comay, Joan; Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok (2002). Who's who in Jewish history, Routledge.
↑ William Pryse-Phillips (2003). Companion to clinical neurology, 1112, Oxford University Press. URL accessed 2009.06.06..
↑ Richard C. Frucht (2005). Eastern Europe: an introduction to the people, lands, and culture, 928, ABC-CLIO. URL accessed 2009.06.06..
↑ Timothy L. Gall, Andrea Kovacs Henderson, Lawrence W. Baker (1998). Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations: Europe, Gale. URL accessed 2009.06.06..
↑ Robert Bárány. (2009). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved June 06, 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/52622/Robert-Barany

Sources

Nobel Lectures, Physiology or Medicine 1901-1921, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1967.

External links

Robert Bárány – Biography at Nobelprize.org

Template:Hungarian Nobel Laureates

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[1] Comay, Joan; Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok (2002). Who's who in Jewish history, Routledge.

[Phillips-2] William Pryse-Phillips (2003). Companion to clinical neurology, 1112, Oxford University Press. URL accessed 2009.06.06..

[Frucht-3] Richard C. Frucht (2005). Eastern Europe: an introduction to the people, lands, and culture, 928, ABC-CLIO. URL accessed 2009.06.06..

[Gall-4] Timothy L. Gall, Andrea Kovacs Henderson, Lawrence W. Baker (1998). Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations: Europe, Gale. URL accessed 2009.06.06..

[5] Robert Bárány. (2009). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved June 06, 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/52622/Robert-Barany

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-'''Robert Bárány''' (22 April 1876 – 8 April 1936) was a [[History of the Jews in Hungary|Jewish]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Comay|first=Joan |coauthors=Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok|title=Who's who in Jewish history|publisher=Routledge|date=2002|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=0FTQQQBXHMQC&pg=PA38&dq=Robert+B%C3%A1r%C3%A1ny+jewish&ei=9rB-SsflL6O4ywS54KzACg-a#v=onepage&q=&f=false}}</ref>-[[Hungary|Hungarian]]<ref name=Phillips>{{cite book |title= Companion to clinical neurology|last=William Pryse-Phillips|first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= 2003|publisher= [[Oxford University Press]]|location= |isbn=0195159381, 9780195159387|page=91 |pages=1112 |url= http://books.google.hu/books?id=pMbhu-vXVtAC&pg=PA91&dq=Robert+barany+hungarian&lr=lang_en&as_brr=0|accessdate=2009.06.06.}}</ref><ref name=Frucht>{{cite book |title= Eastern Europe: an introduction to the people, lands, and culture|last=Richard C. Frucht|first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= 2005|publisher= [[ABC-CLIO]]|location= |isbn=1576078000, 9781576078006 |page=394 |pages=928 |url= http://books.google.hu/books?id=lVBB1a0rC70C&pg=RA1-PA394&dq=Robert+barany+hungarian&lr=lang_en&as_brr=0|accessdate=2009.06.06.}}</ref><ref name=Gall>{{cite book |title= Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations: Europe|last=Timothy L. Gall, Andrea Kovacs Henderson, Lawrence W. Baker|first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= 1998|publisher= Gale|location= |isbn=0787600792, 9780787600792|page=225 |pages= |url= |accessdate=2009.06.06.}}</ref> born [[Austria]]n [[physician]].<ref>Robert Bárány. (2009). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved June 06, 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/52622/Robert-Barany </ref> For his work on the [[physiology]] and [[pathology]] of the [[vestibular apparatus]] of the [[ear]] he received the 1914 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]].
+'''Robert Bárány''' (22 April 1876 – 8 April 1936) was a Jewish<ref>{{cite book|last=Comay|first=Joan |coauthors=Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok|title=Who's who in Jewish history|publisher=Routledge|date=2002|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=0FTQQQBXHMQC&pg=PA38&dq=Robert+B%C3%A1r%C3%A1ny+jewish&ei=9rB-SsflL6O4ywS54KzACg-a#v=onepage&q=&f=false}}</ref>-Hungarian<ref name=Phillips>{{cite book |title= Companion to clinical neurology|last=William Pryse-Phillips|first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= 2003|publisher= [[Oxford University Press]]|location= |isbn=0195159381, 9780195159387|page=91 |pages=1112 |url= http://books.google.hu/books?id=pMbhu-vXVtAC&pg=PA91&dq=Robert+barany+hungarian&lr=lang_en&as_brr=0|accessdate=2009.06.06.}}</ref><ref name=Frucht>{{cite book |title= Eastern Europe: an introduction to the people, lands, and culture|last=Richard C. Frucht|first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= 2005|publisher= [[ABC-CLIO]]|location= |isbn=1576078000, 9781576078006 |page=394 |pages=928 |url= http://books.google.hu/books?id=lVBB1a0rC70C&pg=RA1-PA394&dq=Robert+barany+hungarian&lr=lang_en&as_brr=0|accessdate=2009.06.06.}}</ref><ref name=Gall>{{cite book |title= Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations: Europe|last=Timothy L. Gall, Andrea Kovacs Henderson, Lawrence W. Baker|first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= 1998|publisher= Gale|location= |isbn=0787600792, 9780787600792|page=225 |pages= |url= |accessdate=2009.06.06.}}</ref> born [[Austria]]n [[physician]].<ref>Robert Bárány. (2009). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved June 06, 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/52622/Robert-Barany </ref> For his work on the [[physiology]] and [[pathology]] of the [[vestibular apparatus]] of the [[ear]] he received the 1914 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]].
-Bárány was born in [[Vienna]], [[Austria-Hungary]]. He attended medical school at [[Vienna University]], graduating in 1900. As a doctor in Vienna, Bárány was syringing fluid into the inner ear of a patient to relieve the patient's dizzy spells. The patient experienced [[Vertigo (medical)|vertigo]] and [[Pathologic nystagmus|nystagmus]] (involuntary eye movement) when Bárány injected fluid that was too cold. In response, Bárány warmed the fluid for the patient and the patient experienced nystagmus in the opposite direction. Bárány theorized that the [[endolymph]] was sinking when it was cool and rising when it was warm, and thus the direction of flow of the endolymph was providing the [[proprioception|proprioceptive]] signal to the vestibular organ. He followed up on this observation with a series of experiments on what he called the caloric reaction. The research resulting from his observations made surgical treatment of vestibular organ diseases possible. Bárány also investigated other aspects of equilibrium control, including the function of the [[cerebellum]].
+Bárány was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. He attended medical school at Vienna University, graduating in 1900. As a doctor in Vienna, Bárány was syringing fluid into the inner ear of a patient to relieve the patient's dizzy spells. The patient experienced [[Vertigo (medical)|vertigo]] and [[Pathologic nystagmus|nystagmus]] (involuntary eye movement) when Bárány injected fluid that was too cold. In response, Bárány warmed the fluid for the patient and the patient experienced nystagmus in the opposite direction. Bárány theorized that the [[endolymph]] was sinking when it was cool and rising when it was warm, and thus the direction of flow of the endolymph was providing the [[proprioception|proprioceptive]] signal to the vestibular organ. He followed up on this observation with a series of experiments on what he called the caloric reaction. The research resulting from his observations made surgical treatment of vestibular organ diseases possible. Bárány also investigated other aspects of equilibrium control, including the function of the [[cerebellum]].
-He served with the Austrian army during [[World War I]] as a civilian surgeon and was captured by the [[Russia]]n Army. When his Nobel Prize was awarded in 1914, Bárány was in a Russian [[prisoner of war]] camp. He was released in 1916 following diplomatic negotiations with Russia conducted by [[Prince Carl, Duke of Westrogothia|Prince Carl of Sweden]] and the [[Red Cross]]. He was then able to attend the Nobel Prize awards ceremony in 1916, where he was awarded his prize. From 1917 until his death he was professor at [[Uppsala University]].
+He served with the Austrian army during World War I as a civilian surgeon and was captured by the Russian Army. When his Nobel Prize was awarded in 1914, Bárány was in a Russian [[prisoner of war]] camp. He was released in 1916 following diplomatic negotiations with Russia conducted by Prince Carl of Sweden and the Red Cross. He was then able to attend the Nobel Prize awards ceremony in 1916, where he was awarded his prize. From 1917 until his death he was professor at Uppsala University.
 He died shortly before his sixtieth birthday at Uppsala.
 == See also ==
 * [[Bárány chair]]
-* [[List of Austrian scientists]]
-* [[List of Austrians|Famous Austrians]]
 * [[Spatial disorientation]]
 * [[Instrument flight]]
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