Gustav Alexander
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Gustav Alexander was an Austrian
otolaryngologist
remembered for describing Alexander's law
. He was the director of the Department of Otology of the Wiener Allgemeine Poliklinik from 1917 until his death. He was the father of Leo Alexander
.
He was assassinated on the street between his home and the Poliklinik by Johann Sokoup, a Czechoslovakian former patient who had tried to tried to assassinate him 22 years earlier.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
otolaryngologist
Otolaryngology
Otolaryngology or ENT is the branch of medicine and surgery that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of ear, nose, throat, and head and neck disorders....
remembered for describing Alexander's law
Alexander's law
Alexander's law states that in individuals with nystagmus, the amplitude of the nystagmus increases when the eye moves in the direction of the fast phase .It is manifested during spontaneous nystagmus in a patient with a vestibular lesion...
. He was the director of the Department of Otology of the Wiener Allgemeine Poliklinik from 1917 until his death. He was the father of Leo Alexander
Leo Alexander
Dr. Leo Alexander was an American psychiatrist, neurologist, educator, and author, of Austrian-Jewish origin. He was a key medical advisor during the Nuremberg Trials...
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He was assassinated on the street between his home and the Poliklinik by Johann Sokoup, a Czechoslovakian former patient who had tried to tried to assassinate him 22 years earlier.