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Studies in human vestibular function: I. Observations on the directional preponderance of caloric nystagmus (‘nystagmusbereitschaft’) resulting from cerebral lesions. II. Observations on the directional preponderance of caloric nystagmus (‘nystagmus-bereitschaft’) resulting from unilateral labyrinthectomy. III. Observations on the clinical features of ‘Ménière's’ disease: with especial reference to the results of the caloric tests. By Gerald Fitzgerald and C. S. Hallpike (I); T. E. Cawthorne, Gerald Fitzgerald and C. S. Hallpike (II and III), Research Unit, National Hospital, Queen Square, London. Brain 1942; 65: 115–37, 138–60 and 161–80.
Three papers from Dr Charles Hallpike, Sir Terence Cawthorne and a young research fellow, Dr Gerald Fitzgerald, illuminated the neurology of giddiness and allowed measurement of the human vestibular system to become routine clinical practice in the 1940s. Paper I explains the standardized techniques and describes observations in the clinical setting of cerebral lesions. Paper II addresses the neuro-otology of peripheral and
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