Salomon Moos (15 July 1831 – 15 July 1895) was a German

otologist Otology is a branch of medicine which studies normal, pathological anatomy and physiology of the ear (hearing). Otology also studies vestibular sensory systems, related structures and functions, as well as their diseases, diagnosis and treat ...

born in Randegg, a village in the

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. He studied medicine at the

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, and following graduation worked as an assistant at the medical clinic of Karl Ewald Hasse. Afterwards, he continued his education in

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and

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, and in 1859 became

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at Heidelberg. In 1866 he was an associate professor, later being appointed director and chief

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of the

otology Otology is a branch of medicine which studies normal, pathological anatomy and physiology of the ear (hearing). Otology also studies vestibular sensory systems, related structures and functions, as well as their diseases, diagnosis and trea ...

clinic at the University of Heidelberg. His better known research involved diseases of the

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. Moos is credited with being the first physician to point out that in certain

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s, micro-organisms within the labyrinth negatively affect hearing and equilibrium.

Publications

In 1869 he co-founded the ''Archiv für Augen- und Ohrenheilkunde'' ("Archives of Ophthalmology and Otology") with

Hermann Jakob Knapp Jacob Hermann Knapp (March 17, 1832 – April 30, 1911), also known as Hermann Knapp, was a German-American ophthalmologist and otolaryngologist. Biography Knapp was born in Dauborn, Nassau. He earned his medical degree from the University of ...

, a journal that was published in German and English, with Moos being director of the otological department of the German edition. In 1878 the

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and otological departments separated into independent entities, with Moos being editor of the ''Zeitschrift für Ohrenheilkunde'' until his death in 1895. Among his better known written works was a translation of

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's "Diseases of the Ear" as ''Lehrbuch der Ohrenkrankheiten'' (1863). Other publications by Moos include: * ''Klinik der Ohrenkrankheiten'' (Clinic for ear diseases), (1866) * ''Anatomie und Physiologie der Eustachisehen Rohre'' (

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and

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of the Eustachian tubes), (1874) * ''Uber Meningitis cerebrospinalis Epidemica'', (1881) * ''Uber Pilzinvasion des Labyrinths im Gofolge von Masern'' (Concerning fungal infection of the labyrinths in association with

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), (1888) * ''Histologische und bakterielle Untersucliungen Uber Mittelohrerkrankungenbei den verschiedenen Fonnen Diphtherie'', (1890)

References

Archives of Otology
(biography)

biography @

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External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moos, Salomon German otolaryngologists People from the Grand Duchy of Baden Academic staff of Heidelberg University Heidelberg University alumni 1831 births 1895 deaths