Figurative comparisons and eponims in functional diagnostics. Part 5. Clinical neurophysiology

Abstract

This article is the fifth and final part of a series of materials that tell about figurative comparisons and eponyms in modern functional diagnostics. Methods of clinical neurophysiology: electroencephalography, electromyography, stimulation electroneuromyography, surface electromyography, evoked potentials were considered. The names of great scientists who have made a great contribution to the history of medicine are given: Berger, Piper, Dawson. Figurative comparisons like, 'bioelectric silence', 'the sound of 'crumpling cellophane', 'printing on cardboard', 'the sound of a dive bomber', 'the sound of a mosquito buzzing', 'chess pattern', are described. The terms that will be discussed in the article have not only scientific, but also applied meaning. The article will be useful and interesting to students of medical universities, residents and doctors, whom it will help to check and, possibly, update their knowledge.