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In 1824, Flourens in France demonstrated experimentally that destruction of the semicircular canal in pigeons caused nystagmus and abnormal posture, proving for the first time that the semicircular canal was a balance organ. Neuro-developmental study of balance disorders in infants and children initially started with observation of postural reflexes in infants and children by Magnus in Germany in the early twentieth century and followed clinically by André-Thomas from France in the middle of the twentieth century. Pediatric neurology was developed for a mere 50 years.
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Kaga, K. (2014). Introduction: History. In: Vertigo and Balance Disorders in Children. Modern Otology and Neurotology. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54761-7_1
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