The Vestibular System and Its Diseases : Transactions of the International Vestibular Symposium of the Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas. Preface Contributors Contents Developmental and Adult Anatomy of the Membranous Labyrinth in Man Ultrastructure of the Vestibular Sense Organ The Ascending Vestibular System and Its Relationship to Conjugate Horizontal Eye Movements The Vestibular Efferent Pathway Further Observations on the Mechanism of Vestibular Suppression The Relationship of the Semicircular Canals to Induced Head and Eye Movements in Mammals Discussion Biochemistry of the Labyrinthine Fluids Experimental Meniere's Disease The Caloric Test: A Review of Its Principles and Practice with Especial Reference to the Phenomenon of Directional Preponderance The Parallel Swing Test Ocular Counterrolling Modification of Vestibular Responses Induced by Unnatural Patterns of Vestibular Stimulation Discussion Electronystagmography - Its Value as a Diagnostic Tool Laterotorsion Discussion Calorization in Relation to Otoneurologic Diagnosis Discussion Electronystagmography: Its Perspective, Advantages, and Limitations in Routine Vestibular Testing Discussion The Evaluation of the Caloric Test Audiologic Patterns in Vestibular Disorders Diagnostic Significance of Vertigo Discussion Meniere's Disease: Pathology and Manifestations Some Observations on the Character and Mechanism of Spontaneous Nystagmus in Subjects with Tumors of the VIII Nerve Benign Positional Vertigo The Pathophysiology of Angle Tumors Surgery of Eighth Nerve Tumors Discussion Vestibular Problems in Relation to Space Travel Vestibular Neuritis Discussion Vertigo Related to Alteration in Arterial Blood Flow Discussion Medical Treatment of Meniere's Disease Surgical Treatment of Meniere's Disease Experimental Use of Ultrasonic Sound Ultrasonic Destruction of the Vestibular Receptors Labyrinthine Surgery for Vertigo Discussion Summary of Vestibular Symposium