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Kutia S.A.

Vernadsky Crimean Federal University

Nikolaeva N.G.

Kazan State Medical University

Myazina A.V.

Vernadsky Crimean Federal University

Josef Hyrtl on the etymology of the term «thalamus»

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Kutia S.A., Nikolaeva N.G., Myazina A.V.

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Journal: S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2025;125(1): 128‑130

DOI: 10.17116/jnevro2025125011128

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JOSEF HYRTL ON THE ETYMOLOGY OF THE TERM «THALAMUS»
JOSEF HYRTL ON THE ETYMOLOGY OF THE TERM «THALAMUS»

To cite this article:

Kutia SA, Nikolaeva NG, Myazina AV. Josef Hyrtl on the etymology of the term «thalamus». S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2025;125(1):128‑130. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/jnevro2025125011128

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Abstract:

The article provides a translation of chapter 369 («Thalami nervorum opticorum») of an Austrian anatomist Josef Hyrtl’s monograph «Onomatologia anatomica» (1880), where he analyzed the origin of the term «thalamus».

Keywords:

anatomical terminology
history of medicine
history of anatomy
Josef Hyrtl
etymology
thalamus

Authors:

Kutia S.A.

Vernadsky Crimean Federal University

Nikolaeva N.G.

Kazan State Medical University

Myazina A.V.

Vernadsky Crimean Federal University

Received:

30.09.2024

Accepted:

02.10.2024

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