Who is the father of ENT (Ear Nose and Throat) otherwise known as 'Otorhinolaryngology'..?

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Please let me know it as soon as possible..

Yeah.. I have searched the web too, before posting this question..
Sorry 'shipdada', but there is no mention of Father of ENT in Wikipedia link you have supplied with your answer..

Answer 1

I am not sure there is a single "father" of this branch of medicine. Von Helmholtz was an early pioneer in the study of the eye, and indeed in the early 20th century, they were EENT specialists, separating into separate specialties around 1930ish. Adam Politzer (1835-1920) was a pioneering ear surgeon, and there are instruments and procedures still named after him. Robert Barany won the Nobel Prize for work on the vestibular system. He was a WWI POW when the prize was announced. Carl Gussenauer was one of his teachers.

Johann Czernak and Morell Mackenzie were early throat specialists. Mackenzie wrote one of the first books on disease of the larynx, and later on diseases of the nose and throat. Mackenzie unfortunately missed Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm's throat cancer. (Probably easy to do with the relatively primitive instruments of the day.) Frederick Wilhelm lived only a short time after becoming kaiser, so Wilhelm II ascended the throne and began to muck things up.

Answer 2

I have looked over a lot and not sure if your answer is here but check this out

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otorhinolaryngology

Hope this helps !!!

Answer 3

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