Rezső Bálint (physician)

Rezső Bálint
Rezső Bálint
Born	22 October 1874; Budapest
Died	23 May 1929 (aged 54); Budapest
Alma mater	University of Budapest
Known for	Bálint's syndrome
	Scientific career
Fields	neurology, internal medicine
Institutions	University of Budapest

Rezső Bálint (October 22, 1874 – May 23, 1929) was a Hungarian neurologist and psychiatrist. He discovered Bálint's syndrome.[1]

Bálint studied medicine in Budapest, graduating in 1897. He habilitated in 1910, became extraordinary professor in 1914 and full professor in 1917. He died of thyroid cancer in 1929.[2]

Selected works

Ueber das Verhalten der Patellarreflexe bei hohen Querschnittsmyelitiden, 1901
Seelenlähmung des “Schauens”, optische Ataxie, räumliche Störung der Aufmerksamkeit, 1909 doi:10.1159/000210464
Diaetetikai vezérfonal. Budapest, 1924
A cukorbetegség és az inzulin. Budapest, 1927
Ulcusproblem und Säurebasengleichgewicht. Berlin, 1927.
Gewebsproliferation und Säurebasengleichgewicht. Pathologie und Klinik in Einzeldarstellungen. 1930.

References

Rezsö (Rudolf) Bálint (www.whonamedit.com)
Husain, M.; Stein, J. (1988). "Rezsö Bálint and his most celebrated case". Archives of Neurology. 45 (1): 89–93. doi:10.1001/archneur.1988.00520250095029. PMID 3276300.

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[1] Rezsö (Rudolf) Bálint (www.whonamedit.com)

[2] Husain, M.; Stein, J. (1988). "Rezsö Bálint and his most celebrated case". Archives of Neurology. 45 (1): 89–93. doi:10.1001/archneur.1988.00520250095029. PMID 3276300.