Adam Politzer (Alberti, Hungary, October 1, 1835 – August 10, 1920 in Vienna was an Austrian physician and one of the pioneers and founders of otology.
Ádám Politzer - Life.
Adam Politzer was born in Albertirsa, near the city of Budapest, to a well-to-do Jewish family. He studied medicine in the University of Vienna. Some of his teachers belonged to the famous Second "Vienna School", such as Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky (1804-1878) and Josef Skoda (1805-1881) (its founders), as well as Joseph Hyrtl (181 ...
Adam Politzer was born in Albertirsa, near the city of Budapest, to a well-to-do Jewish family. He studied medicine in the University of Vienna. Some of his teachers belonged to the famous Second "Vienna School", such as Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky (1804-1878) and Josef Skoda (1805-1881) (its founders), as well as Joseph Hyrtl (1810-1894), Johann Ritter von Oppolzer (1808-1871), and the famous physiologist Carl Ludwig (1816-1895). The last two took interest in Politzer and we ...
Politzer was a prolific inventor of new medical devices for the diagnosis and treatment of ear diseases. He developed several surgical instruments which bear his name for the operation of the outer and the inner ear structures, such as an ear perforator, a surgical knife, a grommet for the ventilation of the inner ear after paracentesis, as well as a method to restore permeability to the Eustachian tube by using an insufflator made out of a pear-shaped rubber bag ("politzerisation" or Politzer's method). He also devised methods and apparatus ...
