Moritz Heinrich Romberg

Moritz Heinrich Romberg ( born November 11, 1795 in Meiningen; † 16 or June 17, 1873 in Berlin) was a German neurologist.

Romberg lived and worked for many years in Berlin-Mitte and is a poor physician and co-founder of neurology.

Named after him is the Rombergsche phenomenon, also called the Rombergsche sign: While standing with legs, feet, and eyes indicated wavering on the brain or spinal cord damage. Further, according to him and the English surgeon John Howship (1781-1841), the obturator neuralgia, also called Howship - Romberg syndrome, named.

The Parry - Romberg syndrome is also named after Moritz Heinrich Romberg and Caleb Hillier Parry the British.

Works

  • Textbook of nervous diseases of man. Berlin: Duncker, 1853 (English translator's: A manual of the Nervous Diseases of Man London 1853 Übers by Edward Sieveking. . )
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