!!!Tuerck, Ludwig

b. Vienna, July 22, 1810, 
d. Vienna, Feb. 25, 1868, neurologist and laryngologist. Studied 
the brain and spinal tracts. Advocated use of the laryngeal mirror. 
Was the first to describe laryngitis sicca. The temporopontile tract 
is named after him (Tuerck's tract).

!Works
Prakt. Anleitung zur Laryngoskopie, 1860; Klinik der 
Krankheiten des Kehlkopfes und der Luftroehre, 2 vols., 1866; 
Ueber Hautsensibilitaetsbezirke der einzelnen Rueckenmarksnervenpaare, 
1869.

!Literature
E. Lesky, Die Wr. Medizin. Schule im 19. Jh., 
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