TÜRCK, Ludwig (1810 – 1868)
1810 – 1868
6 entries in the GMN corpus.
1851 CE
#1267.1
Ueber den Zustand der Sensibilität nach theilweiser Trennung des Rückenmarkes.
Türck showed that degeneration in a nerve track corresponds to the direction in which it conducts nerve impulses – ascending tracks degenerate above the lesion and descending tracks below it.
1853 CE
#5870
Ein Fall von Hamorrhagie der Netzhaut beider Augen.
Türck was the first to note the correlation of retinal hemorrhage with tumors of the brain.
1858 CE
#3330
Der Kehlkopfrachenspiegel und die Methode seines Gebrauches.
Türck, at first sceptical of Garcia’s laryngoscope, later adopted it and claimed from Czermak priority in its clinical employment; these two gentlemen fought one another bitterly for some years over this po…
1860 CE
#3333
Praktische Anleitung zur Laryngoscopie.
1866 CE
#3273
Klinik der Krankheiten des Kehlkopfes und der Luftröhre. 1 vol. and atlas.
On p. 295 is a classic description of laryngitis sicca – “Türck’s trachoma”.
1868 CE
#1466
Ueber die Haut-Sensibilitätsbezirke der einzelnen Rückenmarks-nervenpaare.
Investigation of the cutaneous distribution of the separate pairs of spinal nerves.