membrane is named after him, as well as the Unna–Politzer nevus, a typical birthmark found on the nape of the neck in 25 to 50% of normal persons. In addition, in 1893 Politzer was the first to describe otosclerosis as a separate clinical entity. He also studied the pathology of cholesteatoma, serous otitis media, labyrinthitis, congenital deafness and intracranial complications of otitis media. One of his biographers, Albert Mudry, stated that Politzer was "the greatest otologist of the 19th century and one of the greatest of all time (...) he covered all fields of otology". He influenced and trained thousands of otologists from over the world, and his best-known successor was Robert Bárány, who received the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1914. Bibliography Die Beleuchtungsbilder des Trommelfells im gesunden und kranken Zustande. Vienna, W. Braumüller, 1865. English translation, New York, 1869. Zehn Wandtafeln zur Anatomie des Gehörorgans. Vienna, 1873. Lehrbuch der Ohrenheilkunde. Stuttgart, F. Enke, 1878, 1882, 1893, 1902, 1908. Die anatomische und histologische Zergliederung des menschlichen Gehörorgans im normalen und kranken Zustande. Vienna, 1889. Atlas der Beleuchtungsbilder des Trommelfells. Vienna, 1899. Geschichte der Ohrenheilkunde. 2 volumes. Stuttgart, F. Enke, 1907 and 1913. Atlas und Grundriss der Ohrenheilkunde. Unter Mitwirkung von A. Politzer herausgegeben von Gustav Brühl. Munich, 1901. Volume 24 of Lehmanns Medizinische Handatlanten. External links Adam Politzer. WhoNamedIt Adam Politzer. ENTLink Mudry, A. The Role of Adam Politzer in the History of Otology. Am. J. Otol. 21:753–763,2000 Jewish Encyclopedia: “Politzer, Adam”, by Isidore Singer & Frederick Haneman (1906). Adam Politzer Society References 1835 births 1920 deaths People from Albertirsa Hungarian Jews Austrian otolaryngologists Hungarian otolaryngologists Jewish otolaryngologists