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History of the nervus intermedius of Wrisberg.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20427169     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Although probably identified by Eustachius (1563), the first clearly documented description of the nervus intermedius was completed by Heinrich August Wrisberg at the University of Göttingen in 1777. In 1881, Giuseppe Sapolini defined the nervus intermedius, according to its specific features, as the 13th cranial nerve. In 1908, Ramsay Hunt discovered the correlation between herpes zoster, nervus intermedius and geniculate neuralgia. The combination of venerable accuracy with modern knowledge in electrophysiology, clinical and microsurgical aspects give us an outstanding model of the manner of progress and of the interdisciplinary importance of applied anatomy in medicine. Despite the long history of anatomical description of this small nerve, not all features are well known and the common definition as a purely sensory and parasympathetic root of the facial nerve may not cover all aspects of the nervus intermedius.
Authors:
Alex Alfieri; Christian Strauss; Julian Prell; Elmar Peschke
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Biography; Historical Article; Journal Article     Date:  2010-03-30
Journal Detail:
Title:  Annals of anatomy = Anatomischer Anzeiger : official organ of the Anatomische Gesellschaft     Volume:  192     ISSN:  1618-0402     ISO Abbreviation:  Ann. Anat.     Publication Date:  2010 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-05-14     Completed Date:  2010-09-15     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100963897     Medline TA:  Ann Anat     Country:  Germany    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  139-44     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2010 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Halle, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany. alex.alfieri@medizin.uni-halle.de
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Electrophysiology / history
History, 18th Century
History, 19th Century
Humans
Oculomotor Nerve / anatomy & histology*
Rome
Personal Name Subject
Personal Name Subject:
Heinrich Auguste Wrisburg; Bartolomeus Eustachius

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