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Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

Lehrbuch der Nervenkrankheiten des Menschen. Bd. 1.

Berlin: A. Duncker, 1846.

Romberg inaugurated the modern era in the study of diseases of the nervous system. His Lehrbuch is the first formal treatise in this field. On p. 795 is to be found the original description of “Romberg’s sign”, pathognomonic of tabes dorsalis. English translation, 1853.

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Entry Number#4528
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/8884
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External URLlehrbuch-der-nervenkrankheiten-des-menschen-bd-1846

Geographic Context

Publication place: Berlin