Moritz Romberg
Moritz Romberg · Science & Medicine
Neurologist who wrote the first modern textbook of nervous-system diseases; Romberg's sign bears his name.
1795, Meiningen, Germany — 1873, Berlin, Germany
Germany
Moritz Romberg is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Neurologist who wrote the first modern textbook of nervous-system diseases; Romberg's sign bears his name.
Moritz Heinrich Romberg was a German neurologist who wrote one of the first systematic textbooks of nervous-system diseases, helping to establish neurology as a distinct medical discipline. The neurological "Romberg's sign," a test of balance, bears his name. He was Jewish, born to a Jewish family in Meiningen.
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Neurologist who wrote the first modern textbook of nervous-system diseases; Romberg's sign bears his name.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
