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12 quotes by Robert Barany

Róbert Bárány (22 April 1876 – 8 April 1936) was an Austro-Hungarian otologist. He received the 1914 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the physiology and pathology of the vestibular apparatus.
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The incorrectness and weaknesses of a theory cause other minds to formulate the problems more exactly and in this way scientific progress is made.

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Vertigo, it was thought at the time, could only be caused by a disease of the cerebellum. He observed this kind of patient for years and saw... →

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The investigations also proved that there were many cases of spontaneous deviation, i.e. cases where there had been no stimulation of the... →

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I was now successful in proving that a direction of movement is localized in the cerebellum.

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I am convinced that people with such wounds will be quite ready to co-operate in a safe and painless experiment in the interests of humanity as a... →

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Two minutes later the right arm was pointing normally and the reaction to the left appeared. The patient made no complaint at all about the... →

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It came to me then in a flash that obviously the temperature of the water was responsible for the nystagmus.

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The interpretation of facts in a certain way stimulates other scientists' thoughts.

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The site of hearing was now known to be in the cochlea.

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As neither of these two great research scientists was able to find the solution to the mystery, it is small wonder that none of their contemporaries... →

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As soon as I had proved this and, of course, also the normal pointing action and reactions in all other extremities and joints, I stopped the... →

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Even such an obvious idea as to observe an animal with vertigo or to rotate an animal did not occur to him, in spite of the fact that he conducted... →

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