An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

15961 entries, 13944 authors and 1935 subjects. Updated: March 22, 2024

POLITZER, Ádám

6 entries
  • 3377

Ueber ein neues Heilverfahren gegen Schwerhörigkeit in Folge von Unwegsamkeit der Eustachischen Ohrtrompete.

Wien. med. Wschr., 13, 84-87, 102-04, 117-19, 148-52, 1863.

Politzer’s method of effecting permeability of the Eustachian tube.



Subjects: OTOLOGY › Otologic Surgery & Procedures
  • 3378

Die Beleuchtungsbilder des Trommelfells im gesunden und kranken Zustande.

Vienna: W. Braumüller, 1865.

Politzer was the first to obtain pictures of the membrana tympani by means of illumination. English translation, New York, 1869.



Subjects: OTOLOGY › Otologic Instruments, OTOLOGY › Otologic Surgery & Procedures
  • 3387.1

Ueber einen einheitlichen Hörmesser.

Arch. Ohrenheilk., 12, 104-09, 1877.

Politzer described an acumeter.



Subjects: INSTRUMENTS & TECHNOLOGIES, OTOLOGY › Audiology
  • 3387

Lehrbuch der Ohrenheilkunde. 2 pts.

Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke, 18781882.

Politzer was one of the greatest of all otologists. He was the first Professor of Otology in Vienna and his textbook was for many years the standard authority on the subject. English translation, 1883.



Subjects: OTOLOGY
  • 3395

On a peculiar affection of the labyrinthine capsule as a frequent cause of deafness.

Trans. 1st Panamer, med. Congr., (1893), pt. 3, 1607-08, 1895.

First report of otosclerosis as a separate clinical entity.



Subjects: OTOLOGY › Diseases of the Ear
  • 3413

Geschichte der Ohrenheilkunde. 2 vols.

Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke, 19071913.

It is fitting that Politzer should have been the greatest historian of otology. He was Professor of Otology in Vienna and his teaching had great influence upon the advancement of the subject. The Geschichte is a masterpiece of historical research. Reprinted, Hildesheim, 1967. English translation of vol. 1, Phoenix, Columnella Press, 1981.



Subjects: OTOLOGY › History of Otology