Max Samter
Max Samter (1908–1999), German born, American allergist. “Samter’s triad”—asthma, nasal polyps, and severe reactions to aspirin
Thomas Dean
MBBCh Cardiff University School of Medicine. BSC (Hons) Medical Microbiology Leeds University. I am a current ED RMO at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth hoping to pursue a career in ENT surgery.
Tuning Fork Tests (Weber and Rinne)
The Weber and Rinne tuning fork tests differentiate conductive from sensorineural hearing loss using the principles of bone and air conduction.
Adolf Rinne
Heinrich Adolf Rinne (1819-1868) was a German otologist best remembered for the eponymous Rinne test — a fundamental clinical tool in the assessment of hearing loss.
Ramsay Hunt Syndrome
Ramsay Hunt Syndrome: clinical features, differential diagnosis from Bell’s palsy, investigations, management with antivirals and steroids, prognosis.
Margaret Dix
Margaret Dix (1911–1991), British neuro-otologist who co-developed the Dix–Hallpike test, reshaped diagnosis of vertigo and advanced vestibular science
Ernst Weber
Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795-1878) was a was a German anatomist and physiologist. Weber law and Weber test for hearing assessment
André Lemierre
André-Alfred Lemierre (1875 – 1956) was a French bacteriologist. Best known for his 1836 publication on the condition now known as Lemierre syndrome