Abstract
This paper provides a brief depiction of the life and achievements of the most iconic experiments of Heinrich Ewald Hering. The authors herein have presented a translation of his paper on the carotid sinus nerve in English; the original paper by Heinrich Ewald Hering, titled “Ueber die Wand des Sinus caroticus als Reizempfänger und den Sinusnerv als zentripetale Bahn für die Sinusreflexe” (1924), provides a detailed account of his experimental process and findings. He recognized that the sinus reflexes are mediated by a branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX).
Highlights
Understanding the medical history behind medical eponyms allows clinicians and scientists to appreciate the pathway to such discoveries
This paper provides a brief depiction of the life and achievements of the most iconic experiments of Heinrich Ewald Hering
The authors have presented a translation of his paper on the carotid sinus nerve in English; the original paper by Heinrich Ewald Hering, titled “Ueber die Wand des Sinus caroticus als Reizempfänger und den Sinusnerv als zentripetale Bahn für die Sinusreflexe” (1924), provides a detailed account of his experimental process and findings
Summary
Understanding the medical history behind medical eponyms allows clinicians and scientists to appreciate the pathway to such discoveries. Medical eponyms allow for acknowledgment of the contributions made by those in various fields—this includes Heinrich Ewald Hering (1866-1948) whose work coined the term "Hering’s nerve or sinus nerve of Hering". Hering's nerve is a branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) that innervates the baroreceptors of the carotid sinus and the chemoreceptors in the carotid body. We have discussed his bibliography and translated his paper on the carotid sinus nerve into English
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